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| Fraudster repays £86,000 stolen from friend's cancer charity | Fraudster repays £86,000 stolen from friend's cancer charity |
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| Lindsay MacCallum (right) stole money donated in memory of her friend Angela MacVicar's (left) daughter | Lindsay MacCallum (right) stole money donated in memory of her friend Angela MacVicar's (left) daughter |
| A woman who stole £86,000 from a cancer charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter has repaid the money. | A woman who stole £86,000 from a cancer charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter has repaid the money. |
| Lindsay MacCallum defrauded Rainbow Valley after launching it with Angela MacVicar. She also embezzled £9,505 from her former employer, the Anthony Nolan Trust. | |
| Falkirk Sheriff Court heard MacCallum had fully reimbursed both charities before the payment deadline. | Falkirk Sheriff Court heard MacCallum had fully reimbursed both charities before the payment deadline. |
| The fraudster, who did not appear in court, was jailed last October for three years. | The fraudster, who did not appear in court, was jailed last October for three years. |
| After the hearing Ms MacVicar told BBC Scotland News: "She's put me through three years of hell. | After the hearing Ms MacVicar told BBC Scotland News: "She's put me through three years of hell. |
| "Nobody believed she was ever capable of this. | "Nobody believed she was ever capable of this. |
| "I miss the person I thought she was but she never was that. | "I miss the person I thought she was but she never was that. |
| "It's just time to move on and look to the positives, and the people we can actually help." | "It's just time to move on and look to the positives, and the people we can actually help." |
| MacCallum, of Aberfoyle, near Stirling, had worked as a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with Ms MacVicar. | MacCallum, of Aberfoyle, near Stirling, had worked as a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with Ms MacVicar. |
| The foundation was launched in memory of her daughter, Johanna, who died from leukaemia in 2005. | The foundation was launched in memory of her daughter, Johanna, who died from leukaemia in 2005. |
| The court previously heard MacCallum had already paid back £25,000 of the stolen money. | The court previously heard MacCallum had already paid back £25,000 of the stolen money. |
| Ms MacVicar feared that if a criminal confiscation order was granted, the remainder of the cash owed would have gone to the Treasury. | Ms MacVicar feared that if a criminal confiscation order was granted, the remainder of the cash owed would have gone to the Treasury. |
| But instead a compensation order was put in place so any money would go back to the charities. | But instead a compensation order was put in place so any money would go back to the charities. |
| And on Wednesday it was confirmed the remaining outstanding funds - £60,000 to Rainbow Valley and £9,505 to the Anthony Nolan Trust - had been paid. | And on Wednesday it was confirmed the remaining outstanding funds - £60,000 to Rainbow Valley and £9,505 to the Anthony Nolan Trust - had been paid. |
| The court previously heard MacCallum was given a charity credit card in 2014 to replace using a Friends of Rainbow Valley bank account. | The court previously heard MacCallum was given a charity credit card in 2014 to replace using a Friends of Rainbow Valley bank account. |
| But the account remained in use and it was not until August 2022, after a row between the friends, that questions were raised over transactions from this account. | But the account remained in use and it was not until August 2022, after a row between the friends, that questions were raised over transactions from this account. |
| MacCallum, a former Royal Navy servicewoman, pleaded guilty to two fraud charges totalling £95,483. | MacCallum, a former Royal Navy servicewoman, pleaded guilty to two fraud charges totalling £95,483. |
| Last year the court heard she forged signatures of charity staff and rerouted cash from fundraising accounts for her own use between 2011 and 2021. | Last year the court heard she forged signatures of charity staff and rerouted cash from fundraising accounts for her own use between 2011 and 2021. |
| MacCallum was told by a sheriff she had "systematically and deliberately" perpetrated "calculating" frauds on the third sector organisations. | MacCallum was told by a sheriff she had "systematically and deliberately" perpetrated "calculating" frauds on the third sector organisations. |
| Sheriff Maryam Labaki added she had "betrayed" cancer victims. | Sheriff Maryam Labaki added she had "betrayed" cancer victims. |