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Lindsay MacCallum, aged 61, has been jailed for three years for stealing nearly £86,000 from the Rainbow Valley charity, which was set up in memory of her best friend’s daughter. The charity was set up in 2005 in honour of Angela MacVicar’s daughter Johanna, who died of leukaemia at age 27. MacCallum, who was a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with MacVicar, perpetrated forging signatures of charity staff and rerouted cash from fundraising accounts for her own use between 2011 and 2021.
MacCallum was also found guilty of embezzling £9,505 from the Anthony Nolan Trust, a stem cell donation charity, which was seen as a deliberate and calculated fraud against third-sector organizations. MacCallum sent a message to MacVicar stating that she was sorry and disgusted with herself for transferring money from the account into her own. She said that her daughter was in trouble and needed access to money. The fraud came to light when MacVicar discovered discrepancies in an account set up for a fundraising ball.
MacCallum, a former Royal Navy servicewoman, who appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court by video link from prison, was found guilty of two fraud charges amounting to £95,483. Defence advocate Deirdre Flanagan said MacCallum had already paid back £25,000 of the money taken and intended to repay the remainder. MacCallum was told by Sheriff Maryam Labaki that she had “brought devastation” to those who had trusted her
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