The Times Educational Supplement on 7th March reported that there has been a 275% rise in the number of under-21s acting as money mules (i.e. individuals who allow their bank accounts to be used to facilitate the movement of criminal funds) in the UK, whether wittingly or unwittingly. It reports that a new personal, social, health and economics (PSHE) education anti-fraud resource, aimed at secondary school pupils, is therefore being published, in an effort to prevent this from happening.
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/new-lessons-counter-huge-rise-young-people-involved-money-laundering
The PSHE Association Anti-Fraud Education is at –
https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources/resources/cifas-anti-fraud-education-lesson-plans-ks34
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