The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock column
Name of the practice that a non-profit organizations are a bad image, and Jack Abramoff’s Capital Athletic Foundation probably did it.Run by a guy without supervision? Check.
Million for luxury trips and other activities not related to the non-profit official mission? Check.
A pittance to genuine good causes to create a screen of legitimacy? Check.
Misleading and incomplete disclosure? Finance steered to cronies? Holy licence spouted his life, while in all of the above? Yes, yes and yes.
From the outset, the Capital Athletic Foundation was at the centre of the scandal, the Abramoff lobbyist guilty plea in this month on charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy. CAF Abramoff was an important vehicle for funneling money from Indian tribes and others in influence-peddling and pet causes, including a Columbia school he began the first of theWashington Post reported in 2004.
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