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Abstract: 

On May 18, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 58 law enforcement partners from 50 states and the District of Columbia brought one of the largest actions against charity fraud in history, filing a complaint against four alleged “sham” cancer charities and their operators that raised more than $187 million from donors in the United States. This article reviews the principle allegations including the diversion of assets to personal, not charitable, benefit, the use of deceptive “gifts-in-kind” programs to conceal excessive administrative costs, and the use of deceptive fund-raising materials and practices.

Keywords: Cancer Fund of America, Inc.(CFA); Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS); Children’s Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CCFOA); The Breast Cancer Society Inc.

Affiliations:  1: Strasburger & Price, LLP.