newsobserver.com | Nation & World-Relief groups under scrutiny

newsobserver.com | Nation & World: "Relief groups under scrutiny


Jacqueline L. Salmon, The Washington Post
The Louisiana attorney general has launched inquiries into two of the country's best-known charities -- the American Red Cross and the Humane Society of the United States -- after receiving complaints that they misused some of the millions of dollars they raised in the fall to help the human and non-human victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Attorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. plans to announce on Monday that he is looking into allegations that Red Cross volunteers diverted money and supplies meant for hurricane victims in New Orleans, spokeswoman Kris Wartelle said."