Charities

Get involved between 21 and 25 October to help your organisation and the charity sector become more resilient to fraud.

Fraud is estimated to cost the charity sector £1.9bn every single year. This is money which is being syphoned off from charities and the beneficiaries we serve.

https://cfg.org.uk/fraudpledge

Counter terrorism officers have charged two people with fraud offences relating to charitable funds.

A brother and sister have been charged over the alleged misuse of money donated to a Sikh campaign group.

Nominate your charity for the great work it has done in the last year to combat fraud!

https://twitter.com/Fraud_Panel/status/1177510062912241664

How we are improving the process for reporting fraud and what you can do to protect your charity from harm.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/reporting-charity-fraud-and-working-together-to-prevent-it

A high-profile campaigner who has admitted fraud by abuse of her position involving more than £5,000 at a dog welfare charity has been warned by a judge she could be jailed.

http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/13/news/adrianne-peltz-hears-she-could-be-jailed-for-dogs-trust-fraud-1711123/?param=ds441rif44T

Large amounts of cash collected from the public for a military charity at venues in Scotland including football matches and railway stations by Parachute Regiment veterans have been misappropriated for over a decade, a number of their former comrades claim.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/veterans-accuse-parachute-regiment-of-cover-up-over-charity-tin-fraud-claims-1-4999742

From the theft of assets and diverted payments through  to ghost payrolls and cyberenabled theft, charities and charitable trusts face a myriad fraud risks.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales has accused some auditors of ‘letting the profession and charities down’, after the sample of 296 charities’ accounts were assessed against new external scrutiny benchmarks.

https://www.accountancyage.com/2019/08/29/watchdog-finds-only-half-of-charity-audits-met-benchmark/#.XWjT__oWrTA.twitter