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Charity Manager Jailed for £95k Cancer Fund Theft
5 Nov
Summary
- Former charity manager sentenced to three years for fraud.
- Over £95,000 stolen from cancer charities over a decade.
- Funds were diverted to personal and family accounts.
Lindsay MacCallum, a former charity manager from Stirlingshire, has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding two cancer charities. Over a period spanning roughly a decade, MacCallum misappropriated more than £95,000. Her fraudulent activities involved unauthorized payments and forged signatures, with the stolen money being transferred into accounts belonging to her and her relatives.
MacCallum's offenses included embezzling £9,505 from the Aberfoyle Friends of Anthony Nolan Trust between July 2011 and September 2016. She continued to access the charity's bank account even after her redundancy in 2012, using forged signatures of former office-bearers. A larger portion of the fraud, amounting to £85,978.48, was perpetrated against Friends of Rainbow Valley, a charity established in memory of her friend's daughter, where she served as a project development manager until March 2022.
Investigations revealed that the stolen funds were channeled into various personal and family accounts between 2013 and 2021. MacCallum's own accounts received approximately £48,027, with additional sums going to a joint account with her husband and accounts belonging to her adult children. Further expenditures were traced to her credit card and retail purchases. MacCallum admitted her guilt at Falkirk Sheriff Court and faces confiscation proceedings to recover the illicit gains.
