Charities

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

The Charity Commission has re-opened an investigation into an air ambulance charity after admitting its previous advice to the charity "was open to misinterpretation" and "fell short of our procedures". 

 https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/regulator-re-opens-air-ambulance-service-case-admitting-previous-advice-fell-short/governance/article/1459809 

Over the past few decades, the charity sector has experienced a greater level of competitiveness, more funding and the opportunity to be more daring than ever before

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/683438/Compliance/Charities+ethics+and+compliance

Financial director, 37, with a 'sense of entitlement' who siphoned nearly £1m from her charity employer to fund luxury holidays and VIP tickets to see Britney Spears is jailed for six years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5510317/Financial-director-stole-1m-charity-fund-VIP-lifestyle.html

A man has been jailed for swindling shoppers out of tens of thousands of pounds with bogus charity collections.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-43433725

Many charities, particularly smaller ones, do not realise the value of the personal, financial, commercial and other data they hold to cyber criminals, according to a report by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252436114/Cyber-crime-is-a-top-threat-to-UK-charities-says-NCSC

The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has published advice for charities on how they can protect themselves against cyber-attacks such as fraud and extortion. It is based on a threat assessment on the sector

http://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/02/gchq-advises-charities-on-defence-against-cyber-attacks/#.WprdsNJ-rIU

Action Fraud has referred the case to the City of London Police's National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-43169174

Shoppers all over Devon and Cornwall were allegedly conned into giving money to a Newton Abbot-based scam in which unemployed youths pretended to be charity collectors.

http://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=110972&headline=Street%20charity%20collections%20'were%20a%20scam%20and%20a%20con'%20court%20hears§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018