Your complaint to the Fundraising Regulator
I am writing further to your email dated 28 June 2019 . We have looked at your concerns and for the reasons explained in this email we consider that your complaint is outside of our remit.
The complaint
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funds possibly being misappropriated or falsely acquiredā
Our role
Part of our role is to investigate complaints from members of the public about fundraising practice where these cannot be resolved by the fundraising organisations themselves. We do so by considering whether the fundraising organisation has complied with the Code of Fundraising Practice (the Code), which outlines the legal requirements and best practice expected of all charitable fundraising organisations across the UK. Where poor fundraising practice is judged to have taken place, we can make recommendations for remedy and implement changes to the Code.
Reasons for our decision
As explained above, our role is to investigate concerns relating to the fundraising practice of charities and fundraising organisations. From considering your complaint it appears that your concerns relate to potential fraudulent activity carried out by an individual, rather than fundraising practice. On this basis, your concerns are outside of our remit.
However, it is our view that your concerns may be of interest to Action Fraud and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). Action Fraud is the UKās national fraud and cyber-crime reporting centre. The service is run by the City of London Police working alongside the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and you can read more about their work via this link to their website:
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
You can report your concerns to Action Fraud using their online reporting service:
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud.
The ASA is the UKās independent regulator of advertising across all media. You can read more about them by visiting their websitehttps://www.asa.org.uk/. You can also report your concerns to them by completing their complaints form :https://www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html
Perhaps in the light of this reply someone could take this up...I don't know all the details as I don't follow her and only sent a basic outline. More detail could now be sent to the places recommended.