Who me?
Posted on 09/27/2009 5:32:14 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Former ACORN bigwig Dale Rathke racked up a $157,000 American Express bill that he couldn't repay around the time he was caught embezzling from the group founded by his brother Wade, The Post has learned.
Rathke was a big spender with multiple credit cards who rang up purchases at luxury shops, traveled by limo and frequented five-star hotels and restaurants, court papers show.
American Express filed a claim against Rathke in 2003 in Louisiana civil district court.
Among the court papers is a partial credit history that indicates Rathke had several different cards from different companies. He used them to shop at places like Gucci and Neiman Marcus, where he spent $1,003 and $1,742 respectively on July 6, 2000.
In November, he traveled to New York, renting a limo and plunking down $2,000 for a stay at the Waldorf-Astoria and $700 for a gourmet dinner at La Cote Basque.
The brothers were booted from the group last year after the national board discovered Dale had embezzled $948,607 between 1999 and 2000 -- and that the two Rathkes covered up his crime with the help of a few ACORN execs.
Dale, who was in charge of ACORN's financial arm, continued to make $46,000 a year on the community-activity group's payroll until 2008.
ACORN, which has received $53 million in federal funds since 1994, hasn't revealed the details of Dale's fraud except to say it was related to improper use of company credit cards.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Soros?
Since they receive Federal funds, shouldn’t an investigation have been started?
If this was news...the NYSlimes, CBS, ABC, NBC, NPR would report it...
WAIT....it is news and they are NOT reporting it? Something stinks within the MSM.
Tides Foundation.
I wonder if Bertha Lewis has been living high on the hog with ACORN money...?
He was just doing his part to stimulate the economy.../sarc
>>> ACORN, which has received $53 million in federal funds since 1994 <<<<
Straw man argument.
In addition to direct federal funding, ACORN received many other tens of $million$ in direct grants from state and local governments, as well as many “business contracts” from other “non profit” organizations.
They’re ALL living high off the hog with OUR money. The pigs from Animal Farm have been revealed...
Radke and credit cards.......what a combination....Hope he left good tracks (apparently there are several sets to follow)
NO! It most probably was OBOZO HUSSEIN paying it off from HIS probable OFFSHORE SLUSH FUNDS:-O
Anybady heard anything about OBOZO’S ood Buddy, TONY REZKO, lately?
MSM is passe’. It is now LFM Lunatic Fringe Media. Their time has passed but they won’t know it until they try to purchase some buggy wheels and whips to carry their crap away with them to the ash heap of history.
if the statement is true,then a good guess. Only taking their word for it mind you.
she talks like shes high
“The pigs from Animal Farm have been revealed...”
You got that right! Sounds like the making of another tag line!
You wouldn’t think so when considering those sacks she has been wearing. But then again maybe she is shopping while on junkets to the ancestial hood. I can just imagine the shop owners salivating at the chance to make a deal with the rich American tourist.
Who me?
It seems that the IRS should look into ACORN and determine if its the doantions are eligible as charitable contributions.
Fraud, transferring money from taxable to nontaxable portions of the company all indicate problem for ACORN with the IRS. Why aren’t they doing their job?
Rhetorical question of course...
"It's the businessmen! It's just a bunch
of right-wing businessmen! They've decided
to put us in the kill zone!
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