domingo, 29 de abril de 2012

Missouri, Kansas sue charities for fraud - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The two attorneys general joineds the and 61 other agencies in 48 stateds and the District of Columbia as partof “Operatiobn False Charity,” a nationwide campaign aimed at fighting fraudulent Koster said in a release Wednesdaty that he has filed 18 criminal counts against Richardc Gordon Divers Sr. of Independence, who allegedlgy claimed donations he was collecting woulxd go to help disabled veterans or senior or be donated to aLionsd Club. Koster charged Divers with unlawfumerchandising practices, a felony.
Koster sued Our of which he called a nonprofit that claims to help homeless American veterans but allegedluy only gaveveterans $3,725 of the $591,000 the groul raised in 2007. Koster also sued severap people who run what hecalleed “sham” nonprofits called , Coalition of Polic and Sheriffs Inc., and American Veteranas Relief Foundation Inc. Donors were told that their donations woulds be used to help law enforcement officers and firefightersa who were killed or injured in the line of andtheir families, as well as needy veterans and for othetr charitable purposes. Nominal amounts of donated mone y was used forthoses purposes, Koster said.
In a separate release, Six said he filex a consent judgmentagainst , whic has agreed to pay the multistatre group $200,000 to reimburse costs and fees for the investigationh and litigation. The organization also agreed to stop misrepresenting the naturs or purpose of itscharitable programs, how much of donations it will keep and whether the donor has previously contributed to the

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