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Liberal New York fundraising firm shut down after scamming $10 million from donors
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May 4, 2013, 8:17:11 AM5/4/13
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Typical liberals.
A judge has shut down a fundraising firm that heartlessly duped
donors into giving $10 million to a sham Long Island breast
cancer charity.
Campaign Center Inc. told donors contributions to the Coalition
Against Breast Cancer would help eradicate breast cancer through
research, mammogram screening and other programs.
But the firm, which made 6,000 calls per day on behalf of the
bogus charity, kept 85 cents of every dollar it raised.
Of the $10 million raised between 2005 and 2011, only $48,000
went toward the cause, paying for 40 women to get mammograms.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who brought suit against the
two entities in 2011, said the Coalition Against Breast Cancer
officers Debra Koppelman, her boyfriend Andrew Smith and others
used most of the money as a �personal cash machine.�
Schnedierman said the charity�s business model was simple: pick
a sympathetic issue and lie and mislead donors about how
donations will be used.
On its website, the nonprofit claimed an affiliation with the
prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center that didn�t
exist.
The AG said Koppelman and Smith paid themselves more than
$550,000 in combined salaries for 2005 through 2009, another
$150,000 in retirement accounts, and dental and medical benefits
that totaled at least $9,000 per year.
He said charity funds were also used to pay for personal cell
phones and home telephones, TV and Internet services.
The couple also took out loans totaling $155,000 using donated
funds.
In total, only 4% of the charitable funds went for program
services.
Suffolk County Judge Emily Pines ordered the Lindenhurst, L.I.,
fundraising firm to cease operations in New York in decision
released Thursday.
A restitution amount will be determined May 20.
In March, Schneiderman reached a deal with the principals of the
bogus charity in which they agreed to pay $1.55 million in
restitution and never again run a New York charity.
�Sham charities and professional fundraisers who line their
pockets by tricking New Yorkers into thinking they are donating
their hard earned money to fund breast cancer research and other
charitable causes have no business operating in our state,� said
Schneiderman.
Although no criminal charges were filed, the investigation is
still ongoing.
Calls to lawyers for Campaign Center and the charity were not
returned.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fundraisers-shut-scamming-10-
million-article-1.1334717
Typical liberals.
A judge has shut down a fundraising firm that heartlessly duped
donors into giving $10 million to a sham Long Island breast
cancer charity.
Campaign Center Inc. told donors contributions to the Coalition
Against Breast Cancer would help eradicate breast cancer through
research, mammogram screening and other programs.
But the firm, which made 6,000 calls per day on behalf of the
bogus charity, kept 85 cents of every dollar it raised.
Of the $10 million raised between 2005 and 2011, only $48,000
went toward the cause, paying for 40 women to get mammograms.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who brought suit against the
two entities in 2011, said the Coalition Against Breast Cancer
officers Debra Koppelman, her boyfriend Andrew Smith and others
used most of the money as a �personal cash machine.�
Schnedierman said the charity�s business model was simple: pick
a sympathetic issue and lie and mislead donors about how
donations will be used.
On its website, the nonprofit claimed an affiliation with the
prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center that didn�t
exist.
The AG said Koppelman and Smith paid themselves more than
$550,000 in combined salaries for 2005 through 2009, another
$150,000 in retirement accounts, and dental and medical benefits
that totaled at least $9,000 per year.
He said charity funds were also used to pay for personal cell
phones and home telephones, TV and Internet services.
The couple also took out loans totaling $155,000 using donated
funds.
In total, only 4% of the charitable funds went for program
services.
Suffolk County Judge Emily Pines ordered the Lindenhurst, L.I.,
fundraising firm to cease operations in New York in decision
released Thursday.
A restitution amount will be determined May 20.
In March, Schneiderman reached a deal with the principals of the
bogus charity in which they agreed to pay $1.55 million in
restitution and never again run a New York charity.
�Sham charities and professional fundraisers who line their
pockets by tricking New Yorkers into thinking they are donating
their hard earned money to fund breast cancer research and other
charitable causes have no business operating in our state,� said
Schneiderman.
Although no criminal charges were filed, the investigation is
still ongoing.
Calls to lawyers for Campaign Center and the charity were not
returned.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fundraisers-shut-scamming-10-
million-article-1.1334717
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