A bogus AIDS charity that claimed it was curing disease in Africa with more than $200 million in life-saving drugs has been shut down by the Canada Revenue Agency.
The Orion Foundation, whose boss had a sideline business involving high class escort agencies, was operated for the “private gain” of the boss and fellow directors, a federal audit concluded.
Trips to Vegas and Cuba, home renovations, booze, hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexplained management fees, and virtually nothing for good works was uncovered by auditors.
The Star exposed the charity in April 2009 in an investigative report on the dual life of foundation founder James Arion. . . .
By night, the twice-bankrupt Arion used dummy corporations with mundane names like Neodec Services to process payments from johns who did not want the wife or a company auditor spotting a credit card payment from Cachet Ladies, Cupid Escorts or other agencies.
Link:
http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/charities/article/807607--charity-closed-after-bad-books-revealed
The Orion Foundation, whose boss had a sideline business involving high class escort agencies, was operated for the “private gain” of the boss and fellow directors, a federal audit concluded.
Trips to Vegas and Cuba, home renovations, booze, hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexplained management fees, and virtually nothing for good works was uncovered by auditors.
The Star exposed the charity in April 2009 in an investigative report on the dual life of foundation founder James Arion. . . .
By night, the twice-bankrupt Arion used dummy corporations with mundane names like Neodec Services to process payments from johns who did not want the wife or a company auditor spotting a credit card payment from Cachet Ladies, Cupid Escorts or other agencies.
Link:
http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/charities/article/807607--charity-closed-after-bad-books-revealed
