# Fraudster donates to children's charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/01/15/fraudster-donates-children039s-charities/
- Published: 2000-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Modern day Robin Hood faces jail.
In a bizarre case of corporate giving and taking,
Christopher Barrington stole £17,635 from his employer Direct Marketing Partnerships
in Cheltenham and donated it all to children’s charities. He faces up to three years
in prison.

Read more at BBC News Online.

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