Two men abused children suffering from cancer in their collection of millions of kroner from Danish companies, which mainly ended up in their own pockets.
Such is the indictment for fraud of aggravated nature against the two men, who were respectively president and vice-president of the Association of Danish Children suffering from cancer.
It sounded otherwise, as a good purpose, since the association on their now defunct website called on companies to donate money, which would enable the children suffering from cancer ’a much-needed break in a tough life’.
On the site breasted the also – inconsistent with truth – to have cooperation with the Danish childhood cancer departments and well-known sponsors such as Tivoli and the Circus Arena.
Here you can see a fund-raising email, which the Association of Danish children suffering from cancer sent out to, among other things Planetarium, where the Association for Cancerbørn and the Danish Cancer Control logo is clipped into.
It is unusual for the cynical fraud was, according to the indictment, on in well over a year from may 2016 to July 2017, where the association got 3303 companies in Denmark to donate just 4.7 million crowns, ’by the defendants, provoked the delusion that the association was based on 100 per cent. volunteering, and that all the money would go entirely to the Danish children suffering from cancer and for childhood cancer departments at Danish hospitals’, says the indictment.
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In fact, it was, however, a maximum of a little over a half a million, which was used for gifts to children suffering from cancer and the expenses related to it, while at least 4.2 million dollars was transferred to, among others, the president’s private account and other business accounts. This amount is required confiscated from the defendants.
the Case starts in the Court in Odense 8. January, and the senior prosecutor at Funen Police, Heidi Colbæk, that meetings in the case, will lay down claim on the term of imprisonment for aggravated fraud, where the penalty is up to eight years in prison. She does not want to say at the moment what her strafpåstand will be.
Michael Lindquist is a lawyer for the president of the association and informs, that his client refuses or is guilty. He is convinced that his client will be acquitted.
the Case has been long in the making and has cost him hard on the mental and social level. When the case is connected, it will be manifest that The police had not the case as a matter of priority, says the defender, and continues:
– There are not at all in the case the basic conditions are fulfilled, must be available to judge the client, and it is in my opinion very worrying, that the client was indicted, and has had to wait so long for the case to be dealt with.
To the question why the first indictment now, the equivalent of senior prosecutor Heidi Colbæk:
– There have been a large and thorough investigation into, among other things, conducted around 100 interviews in the case. Furthermore, there has been a large amount of data, which need to be reviewed, including is made in the cash flow statements.
