… In the script Woodall provided, telemarketers identify themselves by stating they’re with the Fraternal Order of Police.
The pitch to potential donors also includes the claim that 100 percent of the money goes to help kids like the “Shop With a Cop” program and stays in the community.
As KMBC first reported Friday, from 2017 through 2020, Outreach raised more than $1.2 million for the Foundation.
Less than $331,000 of that money went to the charity, while Outreach was paid more than $935,000 or 74 percent of it.
Watched a pretty entertaining documentary series that covered scams like this called Telemarketers. The government will occasionally go after the call centers, but for some reason the police charities themselves always avoid scrutiny.