To the direct mail fund-raiser according to new york state. and most of the donations that it made, called gift and kind, like the coconut m & ms, useless to veterans. the abuse here spans the whole gamut. that s why this is such an interesting case. they were falsifying gift in kind. sending things that no disabled veteran needed. like m & ms, chef s hats. as a result of settlement, the founding board members, including its founder priscilla wilkowitz is being removed from the charity. the executive director already left and the chair sit banned from doing business from quadriga arts for three years. with the forgiven debt, quadriga art andity president must fully disclose fund-raising costs up
Keeping them honest tonight. we re trying to track down $40 million worth of medicine that was supposed to have been sent to guatemala. remember the coconut m & ms. they sent us 11,000 bags of coconut m & ms. we didn t have a lot of use for those. or how about that one fingered salute that the president of an arizona breast cancer charity gave us when we wanted to ask a question. we have new questions for them and 15 other charities. our partners at the tampa bay times have helped to prepare this report. here is drew griffin. if you believe their paperwork, 15 little known u.s. charities who have little if anything to do with
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that have been donated to them. trying to get people to explain how your donations, the money that you give, tens of millions of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight, keeping them honest, they have found yet another one of these organizations. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answers from the president of a group call help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the state of california, however, says the men behind this so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks
nothing, old shoes and bags of coconut m and ms that have been donated to them. and end up paying for candy and useless nicknacks for the lives that make incredible sacrifices. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answer from help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the men behind the so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks to trick the public into giving more money. drew griffin in is california. reporter: they are handing out craft kits by hospitals, trying to challenge the mind and help pass the time while vets recover. but now they are seeking to make their own recovery. the civil penalties of $4 milli