Police enquiries continue more than four years after former Chesterfield charity boss arrested on suspicion of theft

Police are continuing to make enquiries more than four years after the co-founder of a former Chesterfield charity and his wife were arrested on suspicion of theft.
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Mike Hyman, who helped set up Kids ‘n’ Cancer, and his wife June were arrested in March 2017.

After they were arrested, the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into Kids ‘n’ Cancer to ‘assess serious concerns about its management and governance’.

Mike Hyman.Mike Hyman.
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The Charity Commission also froze Kids ‘n’ Cancer’s bank accounts.

In 2019, Derbyshire Constabulary confirmed that Mr and Mrs Hyman had both been released under investigation.

On Monday, a spokesperson for the force said enquiries continue and no charges have have been brought at this time.

Mr Hyman co-founded Kids ‘n’ Cancer in 2010.

The charity’s website stated: "We assist children in the UK suffering from mass tumour cancers to access potentially life-saving proton therapy treatment in the USA if appropriate to their condition.”

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