Steep UK rise in student money mule accounts, Barclays reports

British university students have been warned of the dangers of unwittingly becoming money mules for criminal networks after Barclays Bank recorded a 23% surge in UK cases among customers with a student account at the start of the last academic year, in September and October 2022.

By Sarah Gibbons

British university students have been warned of the dangers of unwittingly becoming money mules for criminal networks after Barclays Bank recorded a 23% surge in UK cases among customers with a student account at the start of the last academic year, in September and October 2022.