Gang staged fake collections round pubs for Marie Curie cancer charity

[Northerner]

FOR three years they duped people into believing they were donating to charity.

The Southampton-based gang would take collecting tins around pubs across the south claiming they were raising money for the well-respected Marie Curie Cancer Care.

But in reality they kept the money handed over by kind-hearted drinkers who had no idea it was a scam.

When police caught up with them, one of the gang even confessed they were the ?most evil bastards going?.

It will never be known exactly how much the gang got away with during the long-running fraud.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/102...years_duping_pub_goers_in_cancer_charity_con/

 

[Northerner]

Southampton-based gang jailed for Marie Curie Cancer Care charity scam

A GANG tried to defraud a charity that cares for terminal cancer patients as well as trying to hide financial transactions.

They were found guilty today following an 18-month investigation into men and women who purported to be genuine collectors for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity.

Benjamin Chapman, 43, of Pennine Road, Southampton, was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud. His wife, Kim Chapman, of the same address, was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud and concealing financial transactions.

Pauline Hunt, 55, of Old Redbridge Road, Southampton, was convicted of concealing financial transactions.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10247788.Gang_jailed_for_charity_scam/

 

[LeeLee]

Reminds me of the fake charity people going round selling red roses a few years ago. Nothing went to charity.