It’s just not cricket: another charity scam

[eek]

20 hours ago, One percent said:

Another cheat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5831625/Hospice-boss-used-charitys-credit-card-splash-90-000-suits-jailed.html

hospice boss who used the charity's credit to spend more than £90,000 on suits, designer Mont Blanc pens and luxury hotels has been jailed for four years.

Graham Leggatt-Chidgey, 63, of Rokeby, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, refused to let other staff at Butterwick Hospice open credit card bills when dealing with travel expenditure, Teesside Crown Court heard.

His dishonesty has cost the popular North East-based charity £100,000 in lost donations after news of his arrest led to public anger about the fraud and hostility towards fundraisers.

I've seen no sign of a proceeds of crime case and I would have expected one to have been instigated.....

[Bedrag Justesen]

A hospital charity shop is being investigated for failing to hand over any of its profits to cancer patients in seven years.

Frank Wingett Cancer Relief ran a shop at Wrexham Maelor hospital until its closure in March but it had not made a charitable donation since 2011.

Instead, it invested £410,000 in a project to create a huge Welsh dragon sculpture near the A5 at Chirk.

The Charity Commission said it was investigating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-44453522

[One percent]

19 minutes ago, Bedrag Justesen said:

A hospital charity shop is being investigated for failing to hand over any of its profits to cancer patients in seven years.

Frank Wingett Cancer Relief ran a shop at Wrexham Maelor hospital until its closure in March but it had not made a charitable donation since 2011.

Instead, it invested £410,000 in a project to create a huge Welsh dragon sculpture near the A5 at Chirk.

The Charity Commission said it was investigating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-44453522

As you do.... 

 

edit it to add, the north has an angel, it’s only fair that the welsh get a dragon. 

[Bedrag Justesen]

5 minutes ago, One percent said:

 the north has an angel, it’s only fair that the welsh get a dragon. 

 

http://cadw.gov.wales/events/allevents/here-be-dragons-caernarfon-castle-july-2018/?lang=en

[One percent]

4 minutes ago, Bedrag Justesen said:

 

http://cadw.gov.wales/events/allevents/here-be-dragons-caernarfon-castle-july-2018/?lang=en

They payed near on half a million for that?  Looks like something from a maccyD happy meal. 

[Bedrag Justesen]

5 minutes ago, One percent said:

They payed near on half a million for that?  Looks like something from a maccyD happy meal. 

No that one doesn't exist.

The ones in the pic are real, they are in Caernarfon castle, along with 3D holographic dragons.

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/16247988.Hot_stuff__3D_fire-breathing_dragons_come_to_life_at_Caernarfon_in__first_of_its_kind__holographic_game/

....but off course, this being Wales....

 

[One percent]

Just now, Bedrag Justesen said:

No that one doesn't exist.

The ones in the pic are real, they are in Caernarfon castle, along with 3D holographic dragons.

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/16247988.Hot_stuff__3D_fire-breathing_dragons_come_to_life_at_Caernarfon_in__first_of_its_kind__holographic_game/

....but off course, this being Wales....

 

Real you say?  I didn’t think dragons actually existed. I’m packing my bag as we speak, off to slay dragons in the welsh hills. 

[Dipsy]

15 hours ago, eek said:

I've seen no sign of a proceeds of crime case and I would have expected one to have been instigated.....

They generally do the investigation for a confiscation order under POCA behind the scenes. It takes a long time for the plod to gather together the evidence of available assets, sometimes the offender has served their sentence and is out of jail before they get hit with the confiscation order. 

[eek]

54 minutes ago, Dipsy said:

They generally do the investigation for a confiscation order under POCA behind the scenes. It takes a long time for the plod to gather together the evidence of available assets, sometimes the offender has served their sentence and is out of jail before they get hit with the confiscation order. 

True but around here the fact it wasn't mentioned has played well with those who used to give money to that Hospice...