New York clothing bin operator fined for donation scheme: prosecutor

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Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A company operating more than 1,100 clothing drop-off bins in New York has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle claims that it falsely advertised its operation as charitable while selling donated items for big profits, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Thrift Land USA of Yonkers Inc is the latest for-profit company to come under scrutiny for operating the large metal donation bins, which have proliferated in New York in recent years.

“Duping members of the public into thinking that they are making a charitable donation, when in fact they are enriching a for-profit corporation, is both deceptive and illegal,” said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

An attorney for Thrift Land did not have any comment on the settlement.

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1. "Two charities named on Thrift Land bins received a monthly fee of about $1,000

for the use of their names and logos"

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2. I see the same thing down here in Ga. No mention of charities on the bins

I always drop off at Salvation Army or the local Happy Hour, who works with the mentally disadvantaged