New Jersey Attorney General: Trio Used Funds From Fake Kids Cancer Charity To Buy Luxury Cars

A New Jersey couple and their business partner have been charged with running a phony charity that claimed to help pediatric cancer patients, CBS New York reports.

New Jersey Attorney General, Paula Dow, told the news network that Matawan, N.J., residents Carl and Denise Monto, and their associate Patrick Caffrey, created a fraudulent organization that claimed donation funds went toward buying cars that would be sold to help children with cancer.

Dow said that, instead, the fake charity made millions in the resale of luxury cars.

"The vehicles that they purchased were then exported to countries, including Canada, Finland, Russia," New Jersey Consumer Affair Director Tom Calcagni told CBS New York. "There is no indication that any of the vehicles were used for any charitable purposes at all."

If found guilty, the trio could face tens of thousands of dollars worth of fines and will no longer be able to operate websites selling cars or claiming charitable services.

Neither Caffrey nor the Montos could be reached by the news outlet for comment.

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[donklinestiver]

02:32 PM on 10/17/2011

Hang them from the nearest tree.

[eaenkiufo]

09:44 PM on 10/16/2011

NJ... it must be in the water or something

[profhdjr]

04:29 PM on 10/16/2011

Don't these charities have to be registered? Then if so, why did this fraudulent scheme occur?

[trying this again]

02:33 AM on 10/16/2011

I will volunteer time with chemo patients. I have been a chemo angel since 2004 where I send cards, letters, small gifts to patients undergoing chemotherapy..I know my gift is going to the patient themselves and not to some charity that may or may not be legit. My husband had a flag flown in Iraq for one of the patients I had at the time. It was so beautiful. These are the things we should be doing. Not opening our wallets to questionable charities.

[thewirah]

08:51 PM on 10/15/2011

Sometimes I wonder how some people can live with themselves.

[fredgladys]

05:52 PM on 10/14/2011

"If found guilty, the trio could face tens of thousands of dollars worth of fines and will no longer be able to operate websites selling cars or claiming charitable services."

So they could be fined and stopped from scamming people in the future, what about jail time, which they richly deserve.