Cifas says more than 220,000 fraud-risk cases were recorded to the National Fraud Database between January and June 2026, the highest total it has recorded for that period, with identity fraud making up 59%. It reports nearly 13,000 money mule recordings, a 70% rise on the same period of 2025, and says mules now make up 30% of misuse of facility cases. Cifas says 57% of mule cases involve people under 30.
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Money mule and misuse of facility cases are among the entries that lead to a CIFAS marker being filed against an account holder. These figures show how many such cases members are filing, not how many were later found to be correct.