Consumer Fraud
The Illinois attorney general accused the Paypal Charitable Giving Fund of consumer fraud, in Cook County Chancery Court.
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Texas sued Nuensie Suku Oakley aka Nancy Oakley and her Thai Princess Organization Against Domestic Violence and Siam Real Estate dba Thai Princess Jewelry, claiming she uses outrageous false claims to take money for supposed charities that she refuses to name, in Bexar County Court.
Read moreAnti-Prostitution Pledge Faces Another Round at High Court
Six years after throwing out the “anti-prostitution pledge” AIDS charities had to make to get federal funding, the justices agreed Friday to decide what requirements can be made of the charities’ foreign affiliates.
Read moreTrump Must Pay $2 Million to Settle Claims Against Foundation
A New York state court has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to settle claims that he used money from his charitable foundation for his personal, business and political interests during the 2016 presidential election campaign.
Read moreCharity Ripoff
The New York attorney general sued NYCharities.org and its president and only remaining board member Cristine Cronin in New York County Supreme Court, claiming they collected $750,000 for charities but failed to distribute it.
Read moreIRS Hauled to Court in Latest Salvo Over GOP Tax Bill
Three states that hoped expanded credits would curb the effects of 2017 Republican tax bill faced a new obstacle last month when the IRS changed the rules on charitable deductions. They urged a federal judge Wednesday to set that change aside.
Read moreImpoverished French Given Poor Quality Meat in Fraud Scheme
French authorities have launched an investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving French and Polish companies suspected of providing minced meat of extremely poor quality to charities.
Read moreGraduation Speaker Pledges to Pay Class of 2019 Student Debt
A billionaire technology investor and philanthropist says he will provide grants to wipe out the student debt of the entire graduating class at Morehouse College – an estimated $40 million.
Read moreScam on Police
The Federal Trade Commission and Missouri attorney general claim in a federal complaint that the Disabled Police and Sheriffs Foundation dba The American Police and Sheriffs Association dba Police Officers Safety Association raised $9.9 million, ostensibly for families of police officers killed in the line of duty, but kept 95 percent of it.
Read moreScam on Veterans
The Federal Trade Commission and Florida attorney general brought a federal complaint against the American Veterans Foundation, saying it collected $6.5 million by promising to send care packages to active-duty military members and homeless vets, but the “donations almost entirely benefit” the group’s director.
Read moreNY Says Trump Foundation Misused Charitable Funds
Ramping up their criminal case against the Trump Foundation, New York prosecutors said new evidence shows President Donald Trump used foundation money during his 2016 presidential run — a violation of the bar against charities getting involved in political campaigns.
Read moreCharity Set Up for Fraudulent College Donations
The mastermind of a wide-ranging college admissions scandal set up a charity that wove a deep web of deception and fraud to mask bribes and payoffs, funneling millions of dollars through the tax-exempt organization under the nose of federal officials, according to prosecutors and tax documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Read moreReligious Juror Focus of Ex-Lawmaker’s Bid to Overturn Conviction
One year into former Congresswoman Corrine Brown’s five-year federal prison sentence, an 11th Circuit panel heard arguments Friday over whether her conviction should be overturned based on the trial court’s dismissal of a juror who said God told him Brown was not guilty.
Read moreGoFundMe Touts Return of Money in Good Samaritan Story
In a somber endnote to the Christmas season, GoFundMe said it has refunded the $400,000 contributed to the trio who are charged now with concocting a bogus story of a homeless good Samaritan.
Read moreTrump Foundation to Dissolve Under Court’s Watch
The Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve under the watchful eyes of a judge and New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, papers made public Tuesday show.
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Adams County, Colo., sued Angela McMahan and her nonprofit, Arising Hope, in Adams County Court, claiming she persuaded it to give her $308,000 to buy a house and run a domestic-violence shelter, but in repeated visits found no clients and “no evidence to show the property was occupied at all beyond the personal belongings of Angela McMahan in the master bedroom.”
Read more‘Arsenio’ Music Director Faces Embezzlement Charge
The former musical director of “The Arsenio Hall Show” 2013 reboot was arrested Monday for allegedly embezzling $750,000 from a charity for children displaced by conflicts across the globe, according to federal prosecutors.
Read moreCheating Charity
Guide Dogs of America claims in California state court that Michael Jackson’s fashion designer Michael Bush refused to donate 5 percent — or $250,000 — from a $5 million sale of the pop star’s items at auction to the charity as promised.
Read morePakistan Kicks Out 18 Charities After Rejecting Final Appeal
Pakistan is kicking out 18 international charities after rejecting their final appeal to stay in the country, a move that an aid group spokesman said Thursday would affect millions of desperately poor Pakistanis and lead to tens of millions of aid dollars lost.
Read moreTrio From Inspirational GoFundMe Page Charged on $400K Hoax
Prosecutors announced criminal charges Thursday against a homeless man and a New Jersey couple whose feel-good fundraising story fetched more than $400,000 after going viral.
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