Charities

A warning has been issued after the would-be fraudsters were said to be going door-to-door raising money for the ‘much-loved’ Black Country charity.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/04/20/warning-after-bogus-charity-collectors-pose-as-beacon-centre-fundraisers/

Sadly there are clever fraudsters operating who abuse the good name and reputation of both individual charities and the charity sector as a whole.

https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/support-advice-for-donors/safer-giving-advice/

He also conned Comic Relief, the Police and Crime Commissioner's Office and even his own father

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/ex-charity-boss-david-ekert-1449844

The Charity Commission has warned charities to be vigilant to the rise in fraudulent emails aimed at charity finance departments, impersonating CEOs

https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/04/03/charity-commission-warns-ceo-email-fraud/

A man has been jailed for three years and four months for stealing £216,000 from a Christian charity in Leeds.

https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/former-officer-jailed-stealing-216000-christian-charity/finance/article/1461095

The total value of the fraud was in excess of £450,000 and was a contributing factor to the charity, Team Wearside, having to close its doors

https://www.sun-fm.com/news/local/2541079/north-east-trio-jailed-for-fraud-totalling-almost-half-a-million/

A Huddersfield man has been sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment for fraud related offences against a local charity

http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2018-03-29/huddersfield-man-sentenced-in-charity-fraud-case/

A mother-of-three faked a terminal illness – even lying to her own children – to cheat family, colleagues and a cancer charity out of thousands of pounds

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/03/27/mother-fakes-cancer-to-cheat-family-and-charity-in-cruel-fraud/

The former Glasgow East MP made no plea when she appeared in private at the city’s sheriff court.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/fraud-rap-ex-snp-mp-12228658

Their report, Tackling charity fraud: prevention is better than cure, draws from the national charity fraud conference and charity fraud awareness week

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity-commission-produces-free-guide-to-help-charities-tackle-fraud.html