The Criminal Court, police and banks say online crime now makes up over half of its cases. Ten-plus-million-style figures aside, the key points: the court has blocked over 700,000 scam-linked URLs so far this year, and warned that lending your bank account to others as a "mule" can bring penalties as severe as those of criminal gang leaders. For a small business: never let staff, relatives or customers run payments through your account, check who is paying into it, and keep your business banking credentials private. Victims can now file court applications online to have harmful content removed.
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