A man who deprived a charity of £285,000 as he ran a lottery on its behalf has been jailed for three months.
Simon Rydings, 50, of Edinburgh, will also pay £1,000 compensation to Sheffield Hospitals Charity within 18 months of leaving prison.
Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how Rydings failed to pass on £285,000 of lottery proceeds to the charity whilst he was Chief Executive Officer of Capen Limited – a gambling operator with an external lottery manager licence.
The Gambling Commission has instigated a review under s116 of the Gambling Act into Capen Ltd (operating licence no 000-036257-R-317724-010).
From Neil McArthur – Chief Exec, Gambling Commission
As the situation with COVID-19 continues to impact daily life in Great Britain, like many of you, the Commission is following Public Health England guidance and we have told all staff to work from home until further notice.
We recognise these unprecedented circumstances will be having a significant impact on your business and many will be facing uncertain and unsettling times. The Commission has a well-practised and comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, which we have invoked with the intention of minimising the impact on our regulatory work and the advice and services we provide.
The Gambling Commission have published the requirements for remote operators to display licensed status:
The Consultation on changes to the code https://www.asa.org.uk/resource/consultation-children-lottery-ads.html is closing on Thursday 23 January 2020, and I have prepared the HLA’s official response.