Lavish tastes of card-carrying lowlifes -- $2000 Katrina victim debit card usage

Police: Katrina Scammers Using Funds At Hooter's
Suspects Using Debit Cards At Victoria's Secret, Circuit City

POSTED: 8:57 am EDT September 15, 2005
UPDATED: 9:17 am EDT September 15, 2005

LOUISVILLE -- Some people who have received Red Cross debit cards meant to help victims of Hurricane Katrina have been using the funds at Victoria's Secret, Circuit City and Hooters.

Phyllis Wilkins, of the Red Cross' office in Clark County, Ind., said her staff received tips that some card users actually were local residents with few or no links to areas damaged by Katrina.

Wilkins said three Louisville women came to her office Tuesday but did not receive money. According to a police report, the women said they were from Louisiana and asked for clothes and money. They later admitted that the stories weren't true.

Latoyia Taylor, 19, was charged with felony fraud.

Charges of fraud and false informing were filed against Norma Jean Calloway-Tillman, 34, and Denise Huguley, 24. All three were taken to the Clark County Jail.

One person has been arrested in Louisville in a similar case involving a Red Cross debit card worth $360.

Derick Clayton, 25, was charged Tuesday with fraudulent use of a credit card, which is a felony.

Please follow WLKY NewsChannel 32 and TheLouisvilleChannel.com for updates to this story as they become available.

Copyright 2005 by TheLouisvilleChannel.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 
they just updated the story that i posted. they said that the 3 ladies did it to buy crack.
 
Wow, that is amazingly horribly grossly disgusting. Who in hell uses that kind of sad excuse for personal gain? That is just unbelievably sad
 
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There goes all that fine donation money that everyone is sending to the Red Cross. There they go actually helping people and distributing cards, and look at what happens. Your donation money is going to Louis Vuitton and other luxury brands.
 
Umm, also the RC isn't using all of the money for this event, they can use it for any event they want. Besides, the RC is loaded, they already have hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions.

Not sure about the card usage. There is bound to be people like that in every bunch.
 
I know the Red Cross does a lot of good throughout the world but I have a tough time donating to a charity that pays their CEO $860,000 a year salary. I would rather send clothing through my church and donate directly to the animal shelters that are housing the pets. At least I know where my money & goods are going. And not to fatten up the paychecks of the administration.
 
when i was down in oceanside, there were quite a few refugees there at the hotel i was staying at. now, i thought it was strange because although the motel 6 isn't a 4 star hotel, staying in oceanside is a heck of a lot more expensive than going somewhere inland-- heck, the motel 6 in carlsbad (one town south) was 13 bucks/night cheaper. good, honest people are financing a lifestyle they themselves couldn't afford for a lot of these people. let's hope these people can quickly find jobs and move on with their lives.

oh and did anyone else hear that gal on (nightline?, not sure of the program, i heard the replay on rush) ... anyway, she admitted that when they told her to evacuate, she didn't believe them and stayed anyway... and when asked who she blamed for the situation, she said not the federal govt, but the mayor of N.O.-- shows ya even they know what's going on...
 
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clubchick said:
she admitted that when they told her to evacuate, she didn't believe them and stayed anyway... and when asked who she blamed for the situation, she said not the federal govt, but the mayor of N.O.-- shows ya even they know what's going on...
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thats still the wrong answer! she should blame herself!
she stayed on her own conscious decision. plenty of people have
made life changing and threatening decisions to their own detriment
and are working it out themselves! :thumbs_do :thumbs_do :thumbs_do
 
Jersey Mook said:
I know the Red Cross does a lot of good throughout the world but I have a tough time donating to a charity that pays their CEO $860,000 a year salary. I would rather send clothing through my church and donate directly to the animal shelters that are housing the pets. At least I know where my money & goods are going. And not to fatten up the paychecks of the administration.
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I donate through UMCOR (United Methodist Commitee On Relief), and they actually donate all the $$ to the ones in need
 
even though the red cross does get some percentage of our donation, i still think its a good and trustable, because they have done a lot in the past helping those that are in need
 
Apocalypse said:
even though the red cross does get some percentage of our donation, i still think its a good and trustable, because they have done a lot in the past helping those that are in need
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i agree. it's just unfortunate when people take advantage of the kindness of others.
 
True. But in fairness you should see what the RC does with your money, it's a lot more disturbing than the cards:



Don't Give Your Hurricane Donations to the American Red Cross
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/september2005/010905redcross.htm

"The Red Cross, under the Liberty Fund, collected $564 million in donations after 9/11. Months after the event, the Red Cross had distributed only $154 million. The Red Cross' explanation for keeping the majority of the money was that it would be used to help 'fight the war on terror'. To the victims, this meant that the money was going towards bombing broken backed third world countries like Afghanistan and setting up surveillance cameras and expanding the police state in US cities, and not towards helping them rebuild their lives"
 
Donations

I strongly urge everyone NOT to donate to ANY charity!! Find someone in your area you know who is having trouble, sickness, etc., and donate to them. How many of you know that the head of Red Cross gets an annual salary of more than $440,000.00 a YEAR????? IMUS on TV has said TWICE that he would head the Red Cross himself and he quoated the salary at $500,000.00.
 
it's ironic how these are suppose to be NON profit organizations. sigh....

well somebody is profitting and not paying tax too.
 
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