Sarawak-Born Elite College Founder On Trial Over Alleged £5 Million Fraud In UK

Yasmin Sarwar, who was born in Lawas, Sarawak, denies nine theft and fraud charges linked to Cardiff Sixth Form College, which she co-founded with her ex-husband.

The Rakyat Post Shahril Bahrom · News & blogs · 3 hr ago

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What began as a tutoring initiative eventually grew into the Cardiff Centre of Excellence in 2004, which later became Cardiff Sixth Form College.
Yasmin’s career also included a move to Oxford International College in 2016, where she became chief education officer.
The college subsequently topped the Education Adviser’s League Tables in 2019 and became another prominent UK institution for students preparing for their A-level examinations and university admissions.

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A Malaysian-born education entrepreneur who helped build one of the United Kingdom’s top-performing A-level colleges is facing trial over allegations that £5 million (approximately RM28 million) was stolen from the institution’s funds.

Yasmin Sarwar, 45, who was born in Lawas, Sarawak, and raised in Kuching, denies nine charges of theft and fraud in connection with Cardiff Sixth Form College, which she co-founded with her former husband, Nadeem Sarwar, in Wales.

According to the BBC, prosecutors told Merthyr Crown Court that the pair allegedly treated the college’s money as their “own personal piggy bank”, using charitable funds to finance their lifestyles instead of putting the money towards the institution’s charitable purposes.

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Published: October 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM UTC
By: Shahril Bahrom
Section: News
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