{
  "id": 9537333,
  "title": "10 Districts Raise Mule-Account Alarm, Here's What Did V-KYC Checks Uncover?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/10-districts-raise-mule-account-alarm-heres-what-did-v-kyc-checks",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:45:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/10-districts-raise-mule-account-alarm-heres-what-did-v-kyc-checks-uncover"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Delhi: A group of districts has emerged as a warning sign for banks monitoring mule accounts, according to an analysis of video know-your-customer (V-KYC) data by fraud prevention firm IDfy. The findings point to fraud networks before complaints or police action bring them into public view. Where are the risks concentrated? The study flagged 10 districts: eight in Uttar Pradesh, one in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}