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| Footballer Nile Ranger charged with fraud and money laundering | Footballer Nile Ranger charged with fraud and money laundering |
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| A footballer has been charged over an alleged scam involving a vulnerable person's bank details being taken so their savings could be accessed. | A footballer has been charged over an alleged scam involving a vulnerable person's bank details being taken so their savings could be accessed. |
| Southend United striker Nile Ranger, 25, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, police said. | Southend United striker Nile Ranger, 25, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, police said. |
| The offences are alleged to have been committed in February 2015. | The offences are alleged to have been committed in February 2015. |
| Mr Ranger, of Bounds Green, north London, is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. | |
| Read more on this story and other Essex news | |
| He signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with League One side Southend United at the start of this month, having started his career at Newcastle United before moving to Swindon Town and then Blackpool. | |
| He joined Southend in the summer after a trial, having not played a first-team game since November 2014 while at Blackpool. |