Charity fund employee embezzled £92,000 for wedding

Tameem Choudhury, a finance and accounting officer for a charity fund for breast cancer patients, embezzled 92,000 pounds (3.2 billion VND) for his wedding and honeymoon.

Tameem Choudhury, 29 years old, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by the British Royal Court after pleading guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering on September 1.

In August 2023, Tameem, while working as an accountant for the charity Breast Cancer Now, used his expertise to embezzle £91,966 from the trust fund. Just a few weeks after receiving that money, the defendant used it to pay for the wedding and honeymoon, buying luxury items such as a 14,000 pound ring (500 million VND).

Tameem was arrested last June after Breast Cancer Now complained to the police. The bank quickly froze his account due to detecting suspicious activity, at which time the account had just over £40,000 left.

According to text messages on the defendant's phone during the investigation, Tameem described himself as "almost broke" just before committing the crime.

Currently, the entire amount has been recovered and the charity has not suffered any financial loss.

Launched in 2015, the Breast Cancer Now organization is sponsored by the British royal family, specializing in funding breast cancer research and providing medical assistance to patients. In the 2025 financial year, the organization received almost £60 million in donations.