True! However, high-end will make sure they can bring the govt case to a minimum. OJ walked out of a murder case. Someone with money in America can really put up a legal fight in the courts.
If kickbacks were paid through cash, there is no way of tracing it.
Fyi, organizations are allowed to keep a certain amount of allocated funds for "administrative services". They can make their salaries much higher, that way they can justify the lavish lifestyle and big expensive homes. As long as they can show some of the funds reached the intended target - the poor orphan kids - they have a chance of defending themselves. You need to understand that the people who run these organizations get salaries and don't work for free.
No, their assets can't be seized without them being convicted. I remember a Somali woman whose home healthcare business was raided by the FBI where they close down her office and seized all of the computers in her office. She hired a lawyer and put down $100,000 as a downpayment. The lawyer went to court and challenged the govt. She had her computer back and her office was operational in 48 hours.
Guys, there is no vigilante justice in Murica. If they're charged with a crime and they have the money to defend themselves, they can put up a serious fight in the courts, that is if they choose to do so and don't run away like other Somalis.
Even when the MDE tried to rein in, the organization's executives went to court and challenged it, and defeated the state agency. That is how they continued to operate. And whether they lose this case remains to be seen.
You're all speculating on something that you aren't so sure about the crimes being committed and if charges will be levied against the people who run that organization. On my end, I just don't know the facts in this case, so I'm holding my judgement. I have no skin in this case and am hoping eventually justice will prevail.
First off, when your charged for fraud, you assets related to ill illicent gains will be frozen until case is over.. that’s a fact! any money in banks account, houses, car stocks will be put in administration until your proven innocent…if your found not guilty they will return the item to your name..
Second kickback from non-profit to amie the sponsoring organization director were made via bank transfer..it was not cash..just one of the transaction showed $300k transfered from a non profit overseen by feeding our futures to her personal banks account…they also showed Mutilple shell companies created within a short period used to bill for food reimbursement only to pay out the majority of the money to personal account and spend lavishly on homes and car..the amount of money being transferred were in the $milions it would be difficult to move such amounts in cash..
third, there is also no way to justify that as salaries because the program requires the majority of the funds to be spent on food…they were not spending privately fundraised money which has more leeway on spending. they were transferring government grants claimed to be spent on food for Hungary kids during a pandemic into their personal bank account..good luck trying to justify that!
I am sure they will hire a high profile attorney as they should because their freedom is on the line… It’s just this whole thing could have been avoid if they weren’t so blatantly greedy..some of these guys were claiming to feed hundred of thousand of children a day…ultimately they brought this onto themselves..
someone will take a fall for this.. law makers are already calling on a full audit of the food program…they will want to make an example out of someone..
I am not speculating everything I have mention is directly from the news article and search warrant, also I have seen how these so called non-profit food program operate and it was an open secret that you can just put kids names down and you will get reimbursed from the government even if you didn’t give them food..there were very little control in place to prevent fraud or abuse early on in the program and many Somalis exploited it to maximum benefit..
Like I said before, some one is likely to flip and snitch everyone out (probably amie), with his/her testimony and financial disclosures it’s going to be an uphill battle for anyone charged…
anyways we will get more information once the indictments comes out in a few weeks