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Mother jailed for Highclare School and Saltley Methodist Church theft
25 Apr 2014 12:21 PM | Deleted user
A church and school treasurer who stole £43,000 to fund her rent and daughter's private school fees has been jailed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27148367
Lincoln Mencap fraud couple Peter and Alison Childs jailed
A couple who stole more than £125,000 from the charity they worked for and several disabled people have been jailed for three years each.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-27044465
Police say that there is an increase in fake injured servicemen charities
Callous crooks are raking in a fortune on the back of honest charities.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/373380/Police-say-fraud-crooks-are-making-money-from-fake-injured-servicemen-charities
Charities must guard against internal fraud
Advanced Business Solutions, a business applications and services provider, is warning the not-for-profit sector about the dangers of internal fraud and is advising that more needs to be done to prevent it
http://www.retailfraud.com/charities-must-guard-against-internal-fraud/?utm_content=david.clark%40sgbd.co.uk&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Read%20more&utm_campaign=Retail%20Fra
A PAIR of crooked businesswomen who met the Queen and two prime ministers have admitted their part in a £200,000 education charity fraud.
28 Mar 2014 12:25 PM | Deleted user
Uppelle, 41, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Jnagal, 37, of Rugeley, Staffs, both admitted conspiracy to defraud.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/466704/200k-fraud-of-women-bosses-who-met-the-Queen
Oxfam anti-fraud chief stole £65,000 from the charity
Edward McKenzie-Green pleaded guilty to the scam which saw him abusing his position to pay fake companies he had set up.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10680661/Oxfam-anti-fraud-chief-stole-65000-from-the-charity.html
Eight arrested in charity fraud investigation
Eight arrests have been made as part of an investigation into charity fraud involving thousands of pounds intended to help people in Syria.
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-03-04/charity-fraud-arrests/
Fraud costs large charity sector £1.65bn a year, report says
14 Feb 2014 12:30 PM | Deleted user
Fraud in the large charity sector costs £1.65bn a year, according to a report published today by accountants BDO and the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies in Portsmouth.
http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/16912/fraud_costs_large_charity_sector_165bn_a_year_report_says
Church treasurer admits fraud of tens of thousands of pounds
03 Jan 2014 12:32 PM | Deleted user
A treasurer who defrauded a church and its pre-school out of tens of thousands of pounds is facing jail. Nicola Holding, aged 49, has admitted taking at least £50,000 from St Boniface's Church in St Budeaux and its pre-school.
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Church-treasurer-admitd-fraud-tens-thousands/story-20392442-detail/story.html
Oxfam fraud case goes to Old Bailey
10 Dec 2013 12:33 PM | Deleted user
The former head of counter-fraud at Oxfam in Oxford will appear at the Old Bailey next month charged with stealing from the charity. Edward McKenzie-Green, of The Leys, Chipping Norton, is accused of taking £62,857.58 and a laptop in 2011.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10863489.Oxfam_fraud_case_goes_to_Old_Bailey/?ref=var_0