{"id":75812,"date":"2017-11-07T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75812"},"modified":"2017-11-07T11:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:11:52","slug":"vietnow-charity-shuttered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75812","title":{"rendered":"VietNow; charity shuttered"},"content":{"rendered":"

David sends us a link to the Chicago Tribune<\/a> which reports that the Illinois Attorney General has shut down the Rockford-based veteran charity known as VietNow, but also goes by the name VeteransNow because despite the $15 million that they’ve taken in, only a pittance made it to veterans;<\/p>\n

he Rockford charity called VietNow National Headquarters Inc. raised more than $15 million during the past 10 years with appeals to help veterans racked by joblessness and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n

But more than 80 percent of those donations were kept by for-profit telemarketers, records show, and much of the rest was used for administrative costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to VietNow’s lawyer, it wasn’t their fault;<\/p>\n

Carl Metz, ViewNow’s attorney, said charity members are mostly Vietnam veterans who volunteered their time to help fellow veterans and the homeless. He said none of VietNow’s officers benefited financially from their charity work. Records show officers did not receive compensation, according to the most recent tax filing.<\/p>\n

“Their motives were altruistic,” Metz said. “Unfortunately, they relied upon professional fundraisers to raise money and to assist them in complying with the necessary financial regulations. This reliance ultimately lead to the unfortunate downfall of VietNow.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well if you don’t know what you’re doing, that’s when you should un-ass the business, do not wait until you’re being investigated by the AG’s office. The people who profited from their ignorance are still out there running around ripping off other ignorant people, or rather, people who will claim ignorance when they’re caught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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