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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign manager to pay $25k over Ohio train derailment scam
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So of the 130k they stole they only have to give up 25k of it? And they say crime doesn’t pay.
Depending on the charity but legally you only have to give 10% in some states even less to the cause you are collecting for. Rest can go to "administration " fees.
If I had no morals or ethics I could get rich running a charity. . Knew a guy made bank running those donate your car, boat etc to battery women charitys. Gave 10% rest was cost of advertising and his salary.
He even lived in a house that had been donated.
Most charity's are big scams.
Oh god I knew it was bad but 10% or less !? OMG
Yep I heard it can get as low as 2% but been years since I looked into starting one could be different. Believe Oklahoma is 5%.
How work is you register your charity with the state once approved (can take up to 2 years) you setup a board and decide all your salary and administration cost ie: advertising, employees, office expenses etc. Then you start collecting. Minus all your cost rest you give to the actual charity. But legally only have to give a certain percentage. Rest you can keep. How come the breast cancer awareness raises millions but see how much Susan B Coleman actually give to research in breast cancer. Won't be much.
So it seems a total of $75k from 3 different people. Not the full amount, but also not only $25k.
You mean 50k from 2 people? They still profites.
The two I referenced and this one. Sure it's not the total amount, but more than just $25k from one.
The two allege that they returned the rest of the money when they found out there wasn't a deal to donate the money to the food bank/organization. And that it was a 3rd individual who actually scammed them into participating.
Hopefully they proved that to the court before being let off with this wrist slap, but it's a Republican AG and Republican judge, so who knows.
I'm with you. I wanted to preface with "not that I believe it but..."