{"id":18298,"date":"2024-11-22T16:13:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18298"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:13:44","slug":"jailed-cancer-charity-thief-ordered-to-pay-back-rest-of-95000-she-defrauded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18298","title":{"rendered":"Jailed cancer charity thief ordered to pay back rest of \u00a395,000 she defrauded"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"AngelaAngela MacVicar<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Lindsay MacCallum (right) stole money set up in memory of her friend Angela MacVicar’s (left) daughter <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A woman who stole money from a cancer charity set up in memory of her best friend’s daughter has been ordered to pay back over \u00a370,000.<\/p>\n

Lindsay MacCallum, 61, defrauded the charity Rainbow Valley over the course of a decade, after launching it with former friend Angela MacVicar.<\/p>\n

She also embezzled \u00a39,505 from the Anthony Nolan Trust – a stem cell donation charity.<\/p>\n

MacCallum was jailed for three years in October<\/a> after she pleaded guilty to two fraud charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During a hearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court to recover the stolen money under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Advocate Deirdre Flanagan said it had been agreed that the 61-year-old had stolen a total of \u00a395,483.48 from the charities.<\/p>\n

The former Royal Navy servicewoman – who has already paid back \u00a325,000 to the Rainbow Valley charity – has now been given a confiscation order for the remaining \u00a370,483.48.<\/p>\n

The court heard MacCallum took the money while being in no financial difficulty and has \u00a3175,000 in personal wealth.<\/p>\n

Sheriff Craig Harris continued the case until 11 December in an attempt to ensure the money is returned to the charities, he added it is a “very complex legal scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

Money recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act normally goes to the treasury or central bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A trial at Hamilton Sheriff court previously heard that MacCallum worked as a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with Mrs MacVicar.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Mrs MacVicar lost her 27-year-old daughter Johanna to leukaemia and the foundation was established in her honour.<\/p>\n

The pair worked together for ten years before a fall-out in 2022 which led to he discovery of discrepancies in an account set up for a fundraising ball.<\/p>\n

Ms MacVicar previously told BBC Scotland News<\/a> she felt “hurt and betrayed” by her former friend’s actions.<\/p>\n

She added it has “tarnished” her daughter Johanna’s legacy but the charity has continued to flourish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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