UK charity worker diverted £92,000 and spent £14,000 on a wedding ring

A former charity finance employee in the UK has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison after diverting a £91,966 payment intended for a breast cancer organisation into his personal bank account. Tameem Choudhury, 29, formerly employed by Breast Cancer Now, redirected the money by sending altered banking details to The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, which was due to refund the charity. He later spent the money on personal debts, wedding and honeymoon expenses, luxury purchases and travel, including buying a £14,000 Alexander Brown ring. Choudhury was sentenced at the Royal Courts of Justice on September 1, 2026, after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering offences. The charity confirmed that the funds were recovered and it suffered no financial loss.How the £91,966 payment was divertedAccording to the City of London Police, Breast Cancer Now was due to receive a refund of £91,966.72 from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in 2023. On August 11, 2023, Choudhury used his work email account to send altered bank details to the trust on letterhead bearing the charity's name. The account details provided belonged to him.The payment was transferred into his p...