Charities

  • 19 Oct 2023 1:41 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A woman who stole more than £94,000 from a Bristol charity has been jailed.

    Tracy Parsons, of Newport, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday 10 October after she pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position, false accounting, and money laundering.

    https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-10-14/despicable-woman-stole-more-than-90k-from-charity


  • 19 Oct 2023 1:29 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Get involved in this year's campaign.

    The Fraud Advisory Panel and its supporters will be delivering the 8th annual Charity Fraud Awareness Week between 27 November and 1 December 2023.

    2023 programme

    The following 5 areas are confirmed for this year, with others to follow:

    The insider threat

    Managing whistleblowing effectively

    Managing a charities digital footprint

    Managing crypto assets and donations

    Tackling legacy fraud

    https://www.icaew.com/technical/charity-community/articles/charity-fraud-awareness-week-register-for-free-events-now


  • 19 Oct 2023 1:15 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Lack of cyber security risk management software exposes third sector to increased threat of cyber fraud

    Over half (57 per cent) of charities are concerned about the rising threat of cyber-crime to their organisation

    27 per cent say they had been a target of cyber fraud and 20 per cent had experienced a health and safety breach in the past 12 months

    Increased adoption of technology within the sector is putting many at risk

    Despite this, just 24 per cent had introduced risk management software and security monitoring tools

    https://ifamagazine.com/third-sector-organisations-lagging-behind-on-cyber-security-risk-management/


  • 29 Sep 2023 11:22 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    David Levi, 49, reappeared before His Honour Judge Jefferies at Manchester High Court on Wednesday (September 27).

    Levi, of Clifton Drive South, St Annes, previously admitted money laundering and fraud offences alongside five accomplices.

    https://uk.style.yahoo.com/st-annes-man-awaiting-sentence-115558170.html/


  • 19 Apr 2023 12:20 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    An ex-charity trustee has admitted committing fraud while he was heading up a privatised probation organisation.

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-chairman-north-east-private-190000462.html/

  • 14 Apr 2023 3:44 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A fraudulent fundraiser who failed to hand over more than £2,000 in charity cash to Macmillan Cancer Support has been told his actions were "abhorrent" by magistrates.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2023/04/08/abhorrent-fraudster-failed-to-pay-more-than-2000-to-cancer-nurse-charity/


  • 14 Apr 2023 3:42 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Fraudsters impersonating members of a Sikh temple in Kent have tricked people in India into giving them money under false promises of work and visas.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/fraudsters-pose-as-gravesend-gurdwara-sikh-temple-in-work-and-visa-scam/ar-AA19BTW2

  • 11 Apr 2023 5:09 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A bereavement charity has said it is “deeply saddened and disappointed” after a former employee was jailed for defrauding the organisation. 

    https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/bereavement-charity-saddened-as-ex-employee-jailed-for-fraud.html

  • 06 Mar 2023 9:22 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    In the latest report published in December 2022 by the Fraud Advisory Panel in conjunction with BDO LLP, 100 UK based charities were surveyed. 69% said that they had experienced financial loss due to fraud. 58% said they believed that the risk of fraud will increase over the next 12 months. But why is the risk of charities becoming the victims of fraud increasing?

    https://www.shoosmiths.co.uk/insights/articles/charity-fraud--what-can-be-done-to-reduce-the-risk


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