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A five-part series on charity fraud is due to be broadcast on BBC1, with filming taking place next month.
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/bbc1-to-broadcast-five-part-series-on-charity-fraud.html
The very nature of many non-profit organisations’ operating environment often means that there is possibility and scope for fraud.
https://www.croweclarkwhitehill.co.uk/charity-fraud-risk-management/
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/
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