FCA issues warning after investment scams cost savers £78m during 2020

'Clone' investments firms on the rise

James Baxter-Derrington
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More than £78m was stolen from investors over the course of 2020 as clone investment firm scams took advantage of pandemic-induced financial worries, according to new data from Action Fraud.

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