A Pompano Beach charity that collected more than $43 million for breast cancer research, families of fallen firefighters and fire victims, kept most of the money, authorities say.
The Florida Attorney General’s Office is seeking to shut down the Community Charity Advancement, Inc., which did business as Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund, U.S. Volunteer Firefighters Association, United States Firefighter Association and variations of that name. Between 2013 and 2016, the organization donated only a half-penny to two cents of every dollar contributed for the charitable causes, a complaint filed in Broward County Circuit Court alleges. Citing pending litigation, the Florida Attorney General’s Office would not comment about the scope of the scam, the number of victims, how they were reached or where they were from. It also was not clear how the funds were used.