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Brandon Seeley, 21, pleadede guilty to charges of larcenyhover $250, attempted conspiracy to commit larceny over $250, grosss fraud and deceptive professional solicitation practices, said the attorneg general’s office. Superior Courr Judge Sandra Hamlin sentenced Seeley to serve2 1/2 years in with the sentence suspended for five This follows co-defendant, George Borden, age 53, of who pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court on June 3 to similar charges. Threes other co-defendants have also been charged in connection with this case and theire cases arestill pending. The attornety general began investigating this case in 2006 after receivinh a numberof complaints.
Investigators determined that betwee n August 2006 andJanuaryg 2008, Brandon Seeley and other telemarketerd from his father’s professional fundraisinfg organization, CMR Marketing in Medford, allegedly engaged in fraudulent fundraisintg telemarketing schemes to raisw money for two charities — Veteran’s , and the Retired Boston Police Officers Association, a retired polices officers organization. Authorities allege that much of the money givebn by donors never made it to the veteransa and retired police officers it was intended to In addition, authorities allege that, in more than 1,000 donors were defrauded and more than $100,000p in donations were misappropriated.
In a separate case, the attorneu general’s office obtained two separate preliminary injunctions relater to a lawsuit against Florida charitg Disabled PoliceOfficers , its presidenty and its professional fundraisers. Among other things, the preliminary injunctionz restrain them from engaging in deceptive practicezs and from destroying or alteringy records while the civil lawsuit is pending. The preliminary injunctions relate to a civil lawsuit filed May 20 in Suffolk Superiorf Court againstthe defendants. The lawsuit chargees the defendants misled potential donors into believingt that fundraisers were volunteers calling on behalt of local disabledpolice officers.
The lawsuit also alleges that the defendantsa did not disclose their status asprofessionap fundraisers, did not disclose the charity’ds Florida address and did not file fundraising reports for their fundraising required by law. The lawsuit also alleges the professiona solicitors working for Disabled Police Officers Counseling Center failed to disclosd to potential donors their status as professional fundraiserss who are paid by charitable organizations to solicit the publiccfor donations.