‘Lottery crooks swindled £10k’

Three men fleeced the National Lottery out of £10,000 by claiming they were charity workers supporting vulnerable children, a court heard. Atanu Bhattacharjee, 39, Anisur Rahman Khan, 50, and Kabir Chowdhury, 42, received the grant after claiming they worked for the now defunct charity Monakka Monowar Welfare Foundation (MMWF). They claimed the cash would finance a project called ‘Community Learning for Children’ between 11 May 2016 and January 2018, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. It is claimed they represented MMWF would…