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fromFortune
5 days ago
Fundraising

SantaCon, the charity fundraiser where drunk santas flood NYC streets, was a con after all, says feds | Fortune

fromsfist.com
6 days ago
Fundraising

SantaCon NYC Organizer Accused of Diverting $1 Million In Donations to Personal Account

Stefan Pildes, organizer of NYC's SantaCon, was arrested for allegedly diverting charity funds for personal use, pocketing around $1 million meant for donations.
fromGothamist
6 days ago
Fundraising

SantaCon organizer charged with using charity money on personal 'slush fund'

SantaCon organizer arrested for wire fraud, misusing charity funds for personal expenses instead of donating to local charities.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Just what they wanted: fed-up New Yorkers revel in SantaCon fraud charge

Stefan Pildes, organizer of SantaCon NYC, was arrested for misusing charitable donations for personal expenses.
Fundraising
fromFortune
5 days ago

SantaCon, the charity fundraiser where drunk santas flood NYC streets, was a con after all, says feds | Fortune

Stefan Pildes, organizer of SantaCon, misappropriated $2.7 million intended for charity, using it for personal luxuries instead.
NYC LGBT
fromNew York Post
6 days ago

SantaCon founder nabbed for allegedly spending charity donations on lavish NYC lifestyle, vacations

Stefan Pildes misappropriated over a million dollars from SantaCon charity funds for personal luxury expenses.
Fundraising
fromsfist.com
6 days ago

SantaCon NYC Organizer Accused of Diverting $1 Million In Donations to Personal Account

Stefan Pildes, organizer of NYC's SantaCon, was arrested for allegedly diverting charity funds for personal use, pocketing around $1 million meant for donations.
Law
fromReadWrite
2 months ago

Over $3M allegedly gained in fraudulent gambling grant funds

Six charities fraudulently obtained NZD 3.2 million in gambling grants; 23 people face over 500 charges including money laundering and forged documents.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
4 months ago

I Declined to Sponsor My Colleague in a Charity Race. Then Things Got Weird.

A coworker allegedly solicited donations into a personal account, publicly shamed a non-donor, and may have committed charity fraud warranting legal complaints.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
6 months ago

The high-profile politician, the charity event and the garda fraud investigation

Gardaí are formally probing the organiser of a charity event amid allegations that insufficient funds were passed to charity; a high-profile politician contacted is not accused of wrongdoing.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago

Church worker facing jail for stealing almost 100,000 when trusted with charity donations

Francisca Yawson, 37, made a series of bank transfers to herself when she was a gift aid and operations technician for the central London division of the Roman Catholic Church. Southwark crown court heard she made efforts to hide the thefts by cycling money through different accounts that she controlled. She spent most of the stolen cash on herself and her family, with investigators uncovering purchases on beauty products, John Lewis items, and at JD Sports.
London
#embezzlement
fromAol
8 months ago
US politics

People gave him money for the poor. He spent a fortune on luxuries for himself

fromAol
8 months ago
US politics

People gave him money for the poor. He spent a fortune on luxuries for himself

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