March 30, 2016
Two nationwide cancer charities accused by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states of swindling donors out of $75 million will be dissolved and their president banned from profiting off future fundraising, the agency said Wednesday, concluding one of the largest multistate charity fraud actions in history.
July 22, 2015
An Arizona federal judge on Tuesday shot down a proposed settlement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nonparty fundraisers that raised money for cancer charities accused of duping donors as part of a $187 million scam, finding that the deal was too vague to be approved.
May 19, 2015
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states accused four cancer charities and their executives in Arizona federal court on Monday of conning donors out of $187 million in one of the largest charity fraud enforcement actions to date.