I wonder what happened to the more than £235,000 that this guy DIDN'T rip off

Charity conman admits £15,000 fiddle - ChronicleLive

CONFIDENTLY holding his microphone, he looks every inch a success.

Addressing his audience with poise, Andrew Cox seems to say: “You can trust me.”

But today he’s exposed as little more than a money-grabbing rat facing jail after ripping off £15,000 from an environmental charity.

The Newcastle-based consultant had been carrying out duties as an unpaid treasurer for CarbonNeutral North East.

The registered charity, designed to help firms in the region cut their carbon emissions, had an income of more than £250,000, according to recent accounts submitted to the Charities’ Commission.

But following an internal audit, a probe was launched into financial discrepancies.
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“CarbonNeutral North East ceased to operate earlier this year when its board decided that the charity had run its course after achieving its aims of significantly raising the profile of climate change.”