The Conservatives have accepted £2.2 million from Lycamobile in total and £870,000 since December

The Conservatives accepted almost £900,000 in donations from a telecoms giant while it was being investigated for tax fraud and money laundering.

Nineteen people were arrested after Lycamobile was raided by French police on Friday. Nine were charged including the general manager in France, Alain Jochimek.

Police have been investigating the company since last December when cash collectors working for the company were caught on camera by the news website Buzzfeed dropping rucksacks containing hundreds of thousands of pounds at post offices in London.

French prosecutors said that nine people had been charged with money laundering of at least £13.4 million and VAT fraud. Eight were released on bail while one man was kept in custody. Lycamobile has denied financial malpractice.

The Conservatives have accepted