Acorn 'phone-y': Probers eye 500G ed.-bill rip-off
source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/acorn_phone_jYRxDlNUWo0HYaXUIvg8yL#ixzz0YXxP44SL
A former education organizer at the scandal-scarred activist group ACORN fraudulently used Department of Education phone-bill accounts to cash in on more than $500,000 in lavish Verizon customer rewards, city investigators charged yesterday.
Donnett Davis, 31, of Brooklyn, allegedly obtained spa retreats, Yankees and Mets tickets, $5,000 IBM gift certificates and gobs of other garish goodies from Verizon by registering 9,000 DOE telephone billing codes under an ACORN account in her name, probers said.
According the investigator's report, Davis told investigators she had enrolled ACORN in the rewards program and that she shared the gift certificates with fellow staffers and people who signed up as ACORN members.
A receptionist at two ACORN offices told probers she had accepted 40 to 50 packages and envelopes on Davis' behalf, and that Davis had offered her clothing-store gift cards and tickets to ball games that she said were free rewards from Verizon.
A former neighbor said she had similarly signed for deliveries to Davies, Condon's report said.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/acorn_phone_jYRxDlNUWo0HYaXUIvg8yL#ixzz0YX...
Donnett Davis, 31, of Brooklyn, allegedly obtained spa retreats, Yankees and Mets tickets, $5,000 IBM gift certificates and gobs of other garish goodies from Verizon by registering 9,000 DOE telephone billing codes under an ACORN account in her name, probers said.
According the investigator's report, Davis told investigators she had enrolled ACORN in the rewards program and that she shared the gift certificates with fellow staffers and people who signed up as ACORN members.
A receptionist at two ACORN offices told probers she had accepted 40 to 50 packages and envelopes on Davis' behalf, and that Davis had offered her clothing-store gift cards and tickets to ball games that she said were free rewards from Verizon.
A former neighbor said she had similarly signed for deliveries to Davies, Condon's report said.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/acorn_phone_jYRxDlNUWo0HYaXUIvg8yL#ixzz0YX...
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akamaial [removed]
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the appropriate move would to be dissolve it, imho.
- 2 years ago
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akamaial [removed]
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Kylsport
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Are they supposed to disbar ACORN?
- 2 years ago
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Kylsport
