Domingo Frias-Payan Gets Jail Time After Charity Fraud
March 04, 2007 -- AP OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A man
was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday on fraud charges stemming from
a bogus charity that made big profits from donated cellular phones, authorities
said.
Domingo Frias-Payan was sentenced in Oklahoma County District Court after
pleading guilty to 11 counts of charity fraud and one count of securities fraud.
Domingo Frias-Payan was accused of swindling more than $1 million through a
bogus charity, Oklahoma City-based Save a Life Give a Phone Foundation, Inc.
Attorney General Drew Edmondson said the man solicited cell phones on behalf of
battered women's shelters, domestic violence victims, the elderly and disabled.
Edmondson said the alleged charity took in about 100,000 cell phones, but
investigators could only find about 300 that were actually donated for
charitable purposes.
