Highland Hospice recovers money lost to fraudsters

The Highland Hospice in Inverness has recovered some of the £570,000 it lost to fraudsters.

The charity that provides care to terminally ill people was among organisations and business in the Highlands targeted over the summer.

A total of about £2.5m was lost to the scam.

The hospice said its bank, the Bank of Scotland, had managed to recover £170,000 so far with a further recovery of funds expected.