Thrift Land USA of Yonkers hit with $700000 fine for paying to exercise the names of two charitable groups on more than 1100 bins and then reselling the clothingA company that operates more than 1100 clothing donation bins throughout unique York is going to pay a $700000 fine to settle claims that it misled people into believing that the items collected in the bins would go to charity when in fact it resold them,prosecutors announced on Thursday.
Thrift Land USA of Yonkers Inc placed bins labeled with the names and logos of astronomical Brothers astronomical Sisters of Rockland County and I Love Our Youth Inc throughout the unique York metropolitan area, leading the public to believe that donated clothing would benefit the two charities.
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Source: theguardian.com