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Jailed cancer charity thief ordered to pay back £70,000

2024-11-22 22:00:20
Lindsay MacCallum (right) stole money set up in memory of her friend Angela MacVicar's (left) daughter

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 £70,000.

Lindsay MacCallum, 61, defrauded the charity Rainbow Valley over the course of a decade, after launching it with former friend Angela MacVicar.

She also embezzled £9,505 from the Anthony Nolan Trust - a stem cell donation charity.

MacCallum was jailed for three years in October after she pleaded guilty to two fraud charges.

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 £95,483.48 from the charities.

The former Royal Navy servicewoman - who has already paid back £25,000 to the Rainbow Valley charity - has now been given a confiscation order for the remaining £70,483.48.

The court heard MacCallum took the money while being in no financial difficulty and has £175,000 in personal wealth.

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.”

Money recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act normally goes to the treasury or central bank.