LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced a settlement with National Emergency Medicine Association (NEMA), a Maryland-based charity that solicits nationwide. As part of the settlement the charity will cease operations and dissolve in response to the Attorney General’s allegations of deceptive solicitations. NEMA was claiming to raise funds for the National Heart Council, National Alzheimer’s Council and the National Heart Disease Council, which were supposed to be fighting these diseases.
MICHIGAN – Schuette Alleges Maryland Charity is Defrauding the Public in Nationwide Sweepstakes Fundraising Scheme
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced a Notice of Intended Action and Cease and Desist Order against National Emergency Medicine Association of Edgewood, Maryland for over 600,000 violations of the Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Act. Violations included operating a fundraising scheme to defraud the public and diverting funds raised to other purposes. Over 30,000 donations – totaling nearly $200,000 – were received from Michigan donors.