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The Inquiry is now closed. Read the full Inquiry into Chabad UK (registered charity 1118547) and seven other connected charities.
The Charity Commission is today announcing a class statutory inquiry into a group of charities alleged to be involved in money laundering, which had common trustees.
The Commission has been investigating the charities since June 2014 when it was notified of a Metropolitan Police investigation into the charities over concerns that they were being used to
launder £10 million. The Commission assessed information and found a pattern of regulatory concerns across the charities; these included signs of fraud and mismanagement.
The Commission therefore opened a class statutory inquiry on 13 June 2014. It has been unable to announce the investigation until now so as to avoid prejudicing criminal proceedings, under
which the inquiry has been working closely with the Metropolitan Police. On 26 June 2019 the administrator of Chabad UK was convicted of laundering money through the charities, as well as
for supplying false information to the Commission. He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on 4 July 2019.
The Commission will now progress the final stages of its inquiry and report on its findings and conclusions in due course. Reports of previous inquiries are available on GOV.UK.
