ACORN ? With all the focus on Health Care Reform, other concerns have been on the side line.
The report below was issued on July 23, 2009, and, while it may have had some exposure at that time, it must been short-lived, because it is not on the radar at the moment. There is no better time than the present to rejoin the fight.
REPORT:
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U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Darrell Issa (CA-49), Ranking Member
Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?
Staff Report
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
July 23, 2009
The following is a short excerpt from Executive Summary of the Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has repeatedly and deliberately engaged in systemic fraud. Both structurally and operationally, ACORN hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pursue a partisan political agenda and to manipulate the American electorate.”
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“The report that follows presents evidence obtained from former ACORN insiders that completes the picture of a criminal enterprise.
First, ACORN has evaded taxes, obstructed justice, engaged in self dealing, and aided and abetted a cover-up of embezzlement by Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN founder Wade Rathke.
Second, ACORN has committed investment fraud, deprived the public of its right to honest services, and engaged in a racketeering enterprise affecting interstate commerce.
Third, ACORN has committed a conspiracy to defraud the United States by using taxpayer funds for partisan political activities.
Fourth, ACORN has submitted false filings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor, in addition to violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Fifth, ACORN falsified and concealed facts concerning an illegal transaction between related parties in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). ”
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You be the judge; click here to
read the entire Report.
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OTHER RESOURCES
================================= Members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ================================= Congress are you listening? Stop giving ACORN our money and start the criminal investigation! ================================ ACORN’s ties to JP Morgan – Video ================================ And that is just my opinion. Spencer Holly ================================
United States Congressman Darrell Issa, 49th District of California, on the ACORN
www.angrycalifornian.com
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