Anti-fraud chief stole £64,000 from Oxfam
9:00am Friday 7th March 2014 in News
By Andrew Ffrench, Reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
By Andrew Ffrench, Reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
Edward McKenzie-Green. Picture: Ed Willcox/ Central News
THE former head of counter-fraud at Oxfam is facing jail for taking more than £64,000 from the charity.
Edward McKenzie-Green admitted carrying out the fraud when he became addicted to prescription painkillers.
The Old Bailey heard fraud expert McKenzie-Green, 34, created invoices for firms he had set up and then paid the cash into bank accounts, including his father’s. He became paranoid through his use of drugs and stockpiled £64,612 for when he thought he was going to be fired by Oxfam.
Shoppers and one of the charity’s first volunteers were left shocked at his conviction.
After McKenzie-Green pleaded guilty to fraud yesterday, a money laundering charge was dropped against his father, Edward Green, 62.
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