The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem? Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to order Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more
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- 25 Aug 2026, 04:26 UTC
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Publisher layer
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- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 25 Aug 2026, 04:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Oliver Bullough
- Section
- Crime
Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem? Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to order Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more
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The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem? Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to order Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more
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- #2244
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