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Arizona Attorney General Shuts Down Fake Veterans Charity Telemarketing Scam

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today his office shut down a fake veterans charity that used aggressive telemarketing calls to scam seniors across the nation out of thousands of dollars.  A Stipulated Consent Judgment dissolves three Phoenix telemarketing companies owned by Robert Foster – Happy Hands, LLC, Standing Tree, LLC, and Action Point, LLC (collectively “Defendants”). The Defendants used a telemarketing scheme to target vulnerable seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other memory-related disorders. The seniors were convinced to purchase household products for an 1,800% markup, claiming the surplus money paid would help disabled or disadvantaged veterans.  None of the proceeds were used for charitable purposes.

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New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Files Consumer Fraud Action Against Newark Organization that Allegedly Misled Charitable Donors, Transferred Contributions to For-Profit Business

New Jersey Youth Club, Inc. (NJYC), a Newark-based organization that claims to help underprivileged New Jersey youths, has been ordered to temporarily cease seeking door-to-door solicitations, and has had its assets temporarily frozen, under an Order to Show Cause entered by the Superior Court Judge in connection with an action filed on behalf of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Continue reading “New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Files Consumer Fraud Action Against Newark Organization that Allegedly Misled Charitable Donors, Transferred Contributions to For-Profit Business”

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New York Attorney General Announces $25 Million Settlement With National Veterans Charity And Its Direct Mail Fundraisers

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has secured a $24.6 million settlement of his Charities Bureau’s investigation into direct mail fundraising abuses at what has become one of the country’s largest veterans’ charities, the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF). The abuses, the investigation found – including misleading solicitations and failure to disclose conflicts of interest –were perpetrated by DVNF’s two outside, for-profit direct mail vendors, Quadriga Art and Convergence Direct Marketing.  Continue reading “New York Attorney General Announces $25 Million Settlement With National Veterans Charity And Its Direct Mail Fundraisers”