Reform UK's leak complaint rests on a law that criminalises the very disclosure it alleges

Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader, has asked the National Crime Agency to investigate whether it leaked his private bank statements to media. But the legal framework underpinning his complaint contains a fundamental tension: the Proceeds of Crime Act that Reform UK invokes to allege wrongdoing by the NCA also makes it a criminal offence to disclose Suspicious Activity Reports — the confidential filings at issue. That circularity may complicate any formal investigation.