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D.C. churches fall victim to alleged kiosk scam
June 9, 2009
Gazette.net: A Washington, D.C.-area business has allegedly used kiosks to defraud 43 area churches. According to a lawsuit filed by the Washington, D.C., attorney general's office, Urban Interfaith Network Inc., of Oxon Hill, Md., allegedly promised free kiosks to worship centers and then charged the religious groups thousands of dollars in leases for the machines. Several leasing companies also are being sued for billing the churches for allegedly fraudulent leases set up by Urban Interfaith, according to the filing. One church in Washington, D.C., has lost $62,000 in the alleged scam. Urban Interfaith's customer list includes more than 580 churches nationwide.
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