Rabbi to return £2.35m to charities after investigation by National Crime Agency

Barry Marcus held charity money in personal bank accounts and did not distribute it, inquiry found

A rabbi has agreed to return £2.35m to charities that he was holding in his personal bank accounts for a number of years without a legitimate explanation.

Barry Marcus, who received an MBE in 2015 for his work on Holocaust education, had his accounts frozen by the National Crime Agency (NCA) when an investigation found that money raised for charitable causes had not been distributed.