Charities

  • 08 Feb 2021 12:24 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A MOTHER who faked cancer to pocket £45,000 in donations was also accused of swindling a charity out of thousands of pounds, it has emerged.

    https://www.metro.news/fake-cancer-scam-mother-faced-charity-fraud-claims/2319611/


  • 28 Dec 2020 10:39 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A woman who claimed to have terminal cancer and let her friends raise thousands of pounds for her to have a dream wedding has been jailed.

    https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-12-22/cheshire-woman-who-faked-cancer-to-fund-dream-wedding-jailed


  • 21 Dec 2020 10:19 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Criminals are setting up fake charities and impersonating genuine ones in a bid to get people to part with their cash.

    https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/christmas-charity-donation-warning/

  • 23 Nov 2020 9:10 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Financial sanctions are probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the work and operations of international charitable work. Like everyone else, charities and their trustees must not only understand financial sanctions, but comply with them.

    https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/2020/11/13/4-things-charities-need-to-know-about-financial-sanctions/


  • 17 Nov 2020 5:36 PM | David Clark (Administrator)

    It’s the news that every charity leader dreads: your organisation is experiencing a cyber attack, orchestrated by cyber criminals who want to loot as much of your confidential data as possible. The question is, will the cyber criminals be successful?

    https://charitydigital.org.uk/topics/is-your-charity-doing-cyber-security-the-right-way-8185

  • 26 Oct 2020 1:22 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Charities have reported being victims of fraud or cybercrime 645 times since the start of the pandemic in March, amounting to £3.6 million in total losses, according to the Charity Commission.

    https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/19/millions-lost-fraud-cybercrime-charities-march/


  • 26 Oct 2020 9:54 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Accepting donations from cyber criminal groups could be deemed as profiting from crime, money laundering or handling stolen goods – so don’t do it

    https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490872/Charities-warned-over-Robin-Hood-cyber-criminals


  • 26 Oct 2020 9:43 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    From Action Fraud (the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime) fraud is defined as:

    https://cfg.org.uk/userfiles/documents/CFG%20resources/CFG%20Publication/CF240_SmallCharitiesGuide.pdf

  • 26 Oct 2020 9:20 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Charity Commission is warning trustees and donors to strengthen defences as it fears the pandemic has created environments that are enabling charity fraud.

    https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/watchdog-warns-charities-and-the-public-to-protect-themselves-against-fraudsters-amid-pandemic


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