UK’s financial watchdog goes real-time to catch online criminals By Reuters
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator has to make daily sweeps of the internet to warn about online scams in real time and keep pace with fraudsters who are often based outside the country, one of its officials said on Monday. Mark Steward, the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) director for enforcement, said the warnings have become a cornerstone of the watchdog's fight against a surge in financial scams after pandemic lockdowns sent more people online. The FCA issued 1,200 consumer warnings last year about scams advertised via social media platforms by fake...
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