The Great Bank Robbery: Crooks plunder £120m from Scots’ accounts in just one year
Scots bank customers are losing more than £120 million to fraud gangs every year, we can reveal.
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The mule train rinsing Scotland’s dirty millions: How organised crime gangs enlist an army of low-level money launderers to wash their ill-gotten fortunes
Targeting the so-called money mules helping launder Scotland’s crime gangs’ dirty millions is a priority, according to the detective leading the fight against economic crime.
Police charge 29 people in money laundering investigation
Almost 30 people have been charged after a police crackdown on “money mules” who keep cash in their bank accounts for criminals.
Three arrested in Donegal in Romanian organised crime gang probe
Three men have been arrested in Donegal in an investigation into a Romanian organised crime gang, Garda have said.
Householders lost over £700,000 in just six months to doorstep scams
People across Scotland lost nearly half a million pounds in just six months as a result of doorstep scams, Police Scotland has revealed.
Warning over fake international lottery letter scam in Aberdeen area
A warning has been issued after a fake letter claiming to be about a big lottery win was sent to an address in Aberdeen.
Five charged in £12 million VAT fraud and money laundering investigation
Police have arrested and charged five people as part of a probe into alleged money laundering and VAT fraud worth £12 million.
Fraud victim backs action to tackle ‘romance scams’
A woman has told how her life was turned upside down by a fraudster who stole £60,000 from her and her family.
Woman who pretended to have cancer to defraud charity is jailed
A woman who pretended to have cancer in order to help defraud the charity she worked for out of more than £85,000 has been jailed by a judge who told her she had shown no shame.
Final member of 13-strong crime gang sentenced over £360,000 fraud
The sentencing of the final member of an organised crime gang who stole nearly £360,000 from victims has been welcomed by police.
Scotland records huge rise in high-value fraud
High-value fraud in Scotland has increased by nearly 90% in a year, according to new research.