FTC Warns Consumers about Potential Charity Scams (August 19, 2004)
[TXT]
FTC Issues Consumer Publication on Charity Scams (February 11, 2004)
[TXT]
Court Closes the Book on Charity Scam (December 17, 2003)
[TXT]
Giving Wisely This Holiday Season (November 25, 2003)
[TXT]
FTC Warns Consumers about Potential Charity Scams (November 25, 2003)
[TXT]
Press Release: Operation
Phoney Philanthropy (May 20, 2003)
[TXT]
(EN ESPANOL)Comunicado de Prensa:
(20 de mayo de 2003)
Operación "Phoney Philanthropy" (Fraude de Recaudación de Donaciones Caritativas)
[TXT]
Illinois ex rel.
Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc. (01-1806)
Argued March 3, 2003 -- Decided May 5, 2003
Opinion author: Ginsburg
[TXT]
Respondents, Illinois for-profit fundraising
corporations and their owner (collectively Telemarketers), were retained by
VietNow National Headquarters, a charitable nonprofit
corporation, to solicit donations to aid Vietnam
veterans. The contracts between those
parties provided, among other things,
that Telemarketers would retain 85 percent of the gross receipts from Illinois donors, leaving 15 percent for
VietNow. The Illinois Attorney
General filed a complaint in state court, alleging, inter alia, that Telemarketers represented to
donors that a significant amount of
each dollar donated would be paid over
to VietNow for specifically identified charitable endeavors, and that such representations were knowingly deceptive and materially false, constituted a fraud, and
were made for Telemarketers' private
pecuniary benefit.
Previous Cases
Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule
[PDF]
|
