Cancer Charity Scams Questioned
There were subscriptions to dating websites, meals at Hooters and purchases at Victoria’s Secret — not to mention jet ski joy rides and couples’ cruises to the Caribbean.
All of it was paid for with the nearly $200 million donated to cancer charities and was enjoyed by the healthy friends and family members of those running the groups, in what government officials said Tuesday was one of the largest charity fraud cases ever.
“Some charities use donations to send children with cancer to Disney World,” said Mark Hammond, secretary of state for South Carolina, whose office joined the investigation of the groups in 2012. “In this case, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America used donations to send themselves to Disney World.”
The other charities connected to Mr. Reynolds and named in the suit were Cancer Support Services, Children’s Cancer Fund of America and the Breast Cancer Society. According to government officials, the four groups spent the vast majority of the donations they received on fund-raising for more donations, reserving a portion for showering the groups’ workers and their friends with large salaries, bonuses, and lavish expenses.
Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/business/4-cancer-charities-accused-in-ftc-fraud-case.html
The Federal Trade Commission has accused four cancer charities of defrauding well-meaning donors for over $187 million. Today, the FTC and law enforcement groups from all 50 states have filed a complaint against the Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services, Children’s Cancer Fund of America, and the Breast Cancer Society. The complaint alleges that these four “sham charities” solicited millions in donations by promising to help pay for hospice care, chemotherapy, and other services for cancer patients. But only a fraction of that money actually went to patients. The rest went to company cars, high salaries, and even a Caribbean cruise.
Source: https://www.infowars.com/ftc-sues-four-cancer-charities-over-187-million-scam/
Several months ago there was a knock on the door, I answered. A young man from overseas with perfect English, with a big smile on his face, introduced himself & said he was the Cancer Foundation & “no” “lucky me” “phew” I didn’t have to give him any money.
A bit more spiel … bla, bla, bal & I told him that we Australians have given & given … & would gladly still give, but in all these years that we have given generously, where has the money gone ?
Why. it went to pay for company cars, mobile phones, laptops, dress Halloween, business luncheons served with wine, overseas trips.
But no cancer cure.
“By now & after all the billions of dollars we have generously given over to Cancer foundations, there should be a CURE & there is not.”
Taken aback, the young man from somewhere in the EU said nothing.
Some backpacker taking Australian jobs away from our kids no doubt.