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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Scam' Political Groups Try New Tricks--and Rake In Millions
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The Daily Beast
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A network of PACs masquerading as charities has already raked in millions from unsuspecting donors. Now these PACs are trying to evade the authorities.
Scam Political Groups Try New Tricksand Rake In Millions
A network of PACs masquerading as charities has already raked in millions from unsuspecting donors. Now these PACs are trying to evade the authorities.
thedailybeast.com
2:00 PM · Oct 11, 2021
The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
A network of PACs masquerading as charities has already raked in millions from unsuspecting donors. Now these PACs are trying to evade the authorities.
Scam Political Groups Try New Tricksand Rake In Millions
A network of PACs masquerading as charities has already raked in millions from unsuspecting donors. Now these PACs are trying to evade the authorities.
thedailybeast.com
2:00 PM · Oct 11, 2021
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scam-political-groups-try-new-tricks-and-rake-in-millions-pacs-charities
A network of shady political groups at the center of a new class action lawsuit for bilking donors out of tens of millions of dollars appears to be attempting a legal work-around in order to continue pulling in the money and evading government scrutiny.
The 17 groups in the network bear the tell-tale signs of scam PACsentities which present themselves to donors as nonprofit charities but register as political groups with the government. The loophole allows the groups to operate in a gray zone outside the reach of the different federal agencies that regulate nonprofits and political groups.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who has taken steps to hold these groups liable, offered a brief definition of what she calls a disgusting scheme.
Scam PACs are political action committees designed to look like they benefit a legitimate political campaign or cause, when in actuality all the money the PAC collects is going into the pocket of a scammer, Porter said in a statement to The Daily Beast.
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'Scam' Political Groups Try New Tricks--and Rake In Millions (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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paleotn
(17,911 posts)1. Old P.T. Barnum quote comes to mind.
onethatcares
(16,166 posts)2. Seriously,
there are constant begging requests in the in box of my email for, "Elderly for Change", "Old folks against tfg", "Make the world right"
and a ton of others.
Seems when you do donate to one group and I'll say the name of that group rhymes with "Fackt You", you never get off their PAC websites no matter how often you unsubscribe, the names change.
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)3. Is she single?
Ooops, sorry. wrong thread.
Nevilledog
(51,069 posts)4. Bwahaha.....I was just wondering why you hadn't posted that.
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)5. So, are you saying...
that I have a chance?
Nevilledog
(51,069 posts)7. Sure.....you're a connoisseur of crazy.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)6. I wonder where they got the idea?
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