transactions

All crypto transactions are displayed on a public blockchain, so it's possible to track the money as it's moved around by the Lazarus Group.

The DCI has asked Interpol to help track Mr Scott's mobile phone and debit and credit card transactions.

But the account remained in use and it was not until August 2022, after a row between the friends, that questions were raised over transactions from this account.

The chain said the number of breaches amounted to "less than 2% of transactions" across its property portfolio, which includes its supermarkets and funeral directors.

But sources close to SBC say despite an announcement of an intended takeover, and talk of possible funding from Bahrain, nothing has been signed and no transactions have been carried out.