AN Asian origin charity finance manager has been jailed in a £172,000 cheating case.
Rushna Choudhury, 46, used illegally obtained sum to repay money defrauded from a previous employer.
Social Interest Group (SIG), a group of various charities was unaware of her conviction for illegally taking £77,750 from an organisation for which she worked six years ago.
SIG reported a £700,000 trading loss during the financial year when Choudhury worked for it.
The Asian origin woman was described as a trusted staff member of SIG till the cheating case came into light.
Blackfriars crown court judge sentenced Choudhury to 54 months in prison and added that her previous sentence was merciful.
The SIG co-ordinates the work of various charities supporting those with mental health issues, ex-offenders, the homeless, poor, aged, and others who need proper assistance.
Judge Alexander Milne, QC, was told that the woman made 24 transfers form SIG based in north London.
Choudhury had transferred funds into an account that she was using to repay a court order for the earlier fraud.
Choudhury was used highly sophisticated tricks to transfer the sum to her bank accounts.
