Saturday 8 August 2009

£600,000 Charity Plot Alleged


Three men accused of a £600,000 plot to defraud charitable organisations, including the National Lottery and Comic Relief, appeared at City of London Magistrates Court.

Following a lengthy investigation by Scotland Yard’s Fraud Team charges were brought by the Fraud Prosecution Service.

They are: Kyalemaninwa Mazambi, 31, of 149 Winsford Avenue, Coventry; Kitumbula Mazambi, 43, of 7 Tewkesbury Close, South Tottenham and Bulunda Lungumbu, 51, of 11 Brancaster Road, Manor Park.

All three face one charge of conspiring together between December 31, 2001 and January 1, 2005 within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court to defraud grant and award making bodies and charitable organizations my making fraudulent applications for funding and using charitable grants for their own purposes.

A fourth defendant, five months pregnant Mapendo Kasiba, 39, of 7 Tewkesbury Close, South Tottenham will appear on bail at Enfield Magistrates Court on August 11.

The three men were all bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court on October 6 on the condition they continue to reside at their recorded addresses.

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