Charity worker jailed for stealing money to fund wedding and honeymoon
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- Tameem Choudhury, 29, received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering.
- He diverted almost £92,000 from Breast Cancer Now by sending his personal bank details to the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
- Police said he spent much of the money on his wedding and honeymoon, luxury purchases including a £14,000 ring, and personal debts.
Tameem Choudhury, a 29-year-old British-Bangladeshi charity worker from Hackney, east London, has been jailed for two and a half years after stealing almost £92,000 from Breast Cancer Now.
Choudhury pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering. London police said he exploited his position in the charity’s finance team to redirect payments intended for the organisation into his personal bank account.
The theft took place in August 2023, when he intercepted a reimbursement payment that the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust owed Breast Cancer Now. He used his work email account to send the trust his own bank details, after which the money was transferred to him.
Police said Choudhury spent most of the funds within several weeks. The money paid for his wedding and honeymoon, luxury goods and personal debts. One purchase was a £14,000 Alexander Brown ring.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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