Charity fraudster has done a runner

A fugitive who once tried to buy a knighthood has been convicted in his absence of laundering more than £10m through Jewish charities, made from the illegal sale of sex pills. Edward Cohen, 67, set up a ‘bewildering’ network of companies, some of them promoting Orthodox Judaism and ‘helping the Jewish poor’. He diverted vast sums of cash, alongside legitimate charitable donations, via foreign exchange firms before sending it overseas, Southwark Crown Court heard. Edward, who fled the country before…