Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Story last updated at 4/29/2008 - 9:22 am
Nixon to organization: Stop claiming to help veterans
By The Examiner Staff | The Examiner
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a motion in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday ordering an Independence organization to stop representing itself as a tax-exempt veterans charity.
The court order against RCT Development Association and its operators, Chris Ann McPherson of Oak Grove, Russell Rose of Independence and Timothy Divers of Kansas City, who operated Helping Our Heroes, requires joint restitution of $21,851 in costs and penalties.
In addition, the judgment requires that RCT Development and its operators jointly pay $8,344 in restitution, $8,507 in court costs, and $5,000 in civil penalties.
Nixon sued the defendants for soliciting donations from businesses and individuals online. Those representing the company made several misrepresentations to potential donors, including that the donations would be tax-deductible.
The order, a permanent injunction, bars RCT Development Association from the following: Operating their Web site or any other Web page in a way that violates Missouri consumer protection laws; representing a tax-exempt charity in connection with donations for veterans; referencing the Missouri Attorney General's office with the solicitation of donations; representing that Helping Our Heroes is a non-profit and that donations are tax-deductible; representing that 100 percent of donations go toward helping homeless veterans; and soliciting donations in a manner that violates Missouri consumer protection laws.
Nixon to organization: Stop claiming to help veterans
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Restitution hell, put the bastards in jail and make them pay the money back using veterans to defraud people is just flat wrong
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Nixon to organization: Stop claiming to help veterans
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