ACORN Embezzlement Scandal is the Latest Controversy in Group's Long, Corrupt History...

ACORN Embezzlement Scandal is the Latest Controversy in Group's Long, Corrupt
History Says Employment Policies Institute

Activist Group's Fraud and Dishonest Practices Further Cemented by Cover-Up
Scheme

WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tim Miller, Communications
Director of the Employment Policies Institute, issued the following statement
after The New York Times published an explosive expose this morning detailing
how the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) covered
up nearly $1 million in embezzled funds by its founder's brother:

"It comes as no surprise that ACORN founder and chief organizer Wade Rathke
hid his brother's embezzlement of nearly $1 million dollars from the
'charitable' organization's employees, board of directors, and donors. This is
just one more page in ACORN's corrupt history, which already includes election
fraud investigations in at least a dozen states, hypocritical and oppressive
employment practices, and a political agenda driven by a handful of
anti-corporate activists.

"This shameful embezzlement scheme and the eight year cover-up ought to make
supporters and donors wary of associating themselves with ACORN. It's bad
enough that the boss' brother stole almost a million dollars, but for Wade
Rathke to sweep the crime under the rug and keep his brother on ACORN's
payroll is a disgrace."

More information about ACORN's long history of corruption can be found in the
Employment Policies Institute's recent report "Rotten ACORN: America's Bad
Seed" -- available online at HYPERLINK "http://www.rottenacorn.com/"
www.RottenACORN.com.

The Employment Policies Institute is a nonprofit research organization
dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding entry-level employment.
For additional information or to schedule an interview, call Sarah Kapenstein
at 202.463.7650.

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SOURCE Employment Policies Institute

Sarah Kapenstein of Employment Policies Institute, +1-202-463-7650