From Military.com/AP:
“ Man Admits Stealing Funds Meant
for Military Care Packages”
A West Virginia man pleaded
guilty Thursday to pocketing donations to a bogus charity he advertised for
military members. Christopher T. Engle, 30, of Bunker Hill, entered the plea in
federal court to one count of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said in a
news release. Engle co-owned Hearts2Heros, which solicited contributions to
create and send care packages to deployed service members, the statement said. Instead,
Engle admitted he took donations from people in West Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Virginia for personal use. The statement said the total loss
from the scheme was nearly $287,000. “Using our brave military personnel who are
deployed overseas as a prop for a fraud scheme is deplorable conduct,"
Powell said. “Such conduct also is detrimental to the work of many wonderful
community organizations who genuinely support our military.” Engle faces up to
20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing.
^ This is just plain disgusting.
I hope he gets the full 20 years and the $250,000 fine. ^
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/28/man-admits-stealing-funds-meant-military-care-packages.html
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