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The Success for Kids charity, which the pop icon chairs and has donated more than £400k to, is reportedly being probed after allegations of "irregularities and suspicious activity".
The charity has raised more than £20m since it was founded in 2001 - and claims to operate in seven countries.
The news come a week or so after it emerged that the school she was planning to build in Malawi will not now go ahead - amid claims of serious financial mismanagement.
The two charities were split back in 2008, and both appear to have got into financial trouble since that date.
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Some celebs are more interested in making money for themselves than for charity anyway, although they do go about it in some funny ways. Check out our top 10 countdown of the weirdest celeb merchandise...
Weird Celebrity Merchandise
The first time we heard that Katie Price had bought out a range of horse-related products we had to check whether it was April Fool's Day.
Of course now we know she's a fanatical horsewoman and her KP Equestrian range is selling well - so perhaps it's us who are the fools really.
And we wouldn't dare say that it looks like a load of old pony.
If you think the queen of pop has taken her eye off the ball with her music lately, it might be because she's been getting her fingers into all sorts of other business-related pies.
Aside from a clothing range with daughter Lourdes, her highest-profile venture is her Hard Candy chain of gyms - which are opening in cities around the world.
Cue lots of puns about getting into the gym and exercising yourself.
If any other celeb had brought out a range of luxury dog clothing with their name embroidered on it, we're pretty sure it would have gone higher in this list.
But let's face it, Babs probably does have plenty of older, male, childless fans who own small dogs - and we wouldn't be surprised if these sold better than her baseball caps.
And yes, she does sell baseball caps too.
One question though: Do you think she whistles for her dog to the tune of that "Barbra Streisand" disco track?
We wouldn't be surprised if this entire product range was conceived around that brilliantly cheesy pun.
Tycoon Donald endorses a whole range of meat products, grandly promising "the world's best steaks" - which they'd better be for up to $150 for a dinner for two!
OK, that was for the Kobe beef, but the rest ain't cheap ether.
Say what you like about Sir Elton, you can't fault his efforts to raise money for the causes closest to his heart.
And so it wasn't that big a surprise when he teamed up with Ben and Jerry's to make an ice cream - the profits from which would benefit his Aids foundation.
What was weird though was the name they chose - and the fact that they put his mugshot on the tub. We'd have called it Don't Let the Rum and Raison Go Down on Me (OK, we wouldn't really).
We never understood why people called condoms "passion killers" until we saw this JLS-endorsed range of Durex rubbers.
But joking aside, is it only us who finds it a bit unnerving to be met by their cute little faces as we pick up some, erm, headache tablets in the chemist?
The foursome even have their "individual colours" on the packs - and the whole thing is intended to encourage their fans to "just love safe".
And in case you were wondering, the order of popularity with shoppers was Aston, Marvin, Oritse and JB.
For those of you who don't remember Bazza, he was the famously grumpy critic who presented the BBC's film show before Wossy.
He was headhunted by Sky, but only stayed there for a few years before leaving to make his fortune in the cut throat world of pickled onions. Or something like that.
What we do know for sure is that he's marketing them on an amazing film-themed website and that they appear to be XXX rated!
Forget Red Bull or Monster Energy with their armies of sponsored extreme athletes, when we need an energy boost we reach straight for a can of Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt.
The martial arts movie star has been pushing his oriental-themed beverages for some years now, stressing that they are made entirely from juice rather than caffeine and stuff like that.
It is billed as being "as unique as the man who created it" - and perhaps ironically is reported by many as leaving a nasty taste in the mouth.
Like what Google does but don't think it's quite hip-hop enough? Want your search engine to wear a pair of daft sunglasses?
If you answered yes to either of the above questions then you may be interested to know that Kanye West has launched his own branded search engine!
Unfortunately he also seems to have closed the site down already, because links to it now revert to a page about "swagbucks" - which were a sort of loyalty points system connected to the search engine.
What a surprise that didn't take off.
That is correct, Britain's foremost junkie and Paul Merton impersonator Pete Doherty really does have his own line of jewellery.
The Babyshambles frontman has admitted putting his name to the designs by Hannah Martin in the hope of making a quick buck - which is a better warning of the indisious effects of drugs on the mind than any number of his lacklustre records.
Whether Pete went straight down the pawn shop with the samples he's wearing here, we will never know.
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