Beware! Spare Change For Homeless Scam Uncovered, Cuomo Sues

A Worker At One of the United Homeless Organization Tables

We all know those familiar tables that are set up across New York City that represent the United Homeless Organization. The table consists of nothing more except a tablecloth, a jug full of coins and dollar bills, and a worker asking for change. For years, New Yorkers dropped money in them, always a little skeptical about where the money goes.

Well, it turns out that attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, announced that the United Homeless Organization is a fraud, and his office filed a lawsuit against the group. The lawsuit alleges that the president of the United Homeless Organization, Stephen Riley (who …continue reading

Cuomo Goes After Scamming Homeless Org.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo

In a high profile lawsuit, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is going after the United Homeless Organization, which New Yorkers know from the countless tables around the city of workers asking for donations to help the homeless. According the Cuomo, the organization is just scamming unaware New Yorkers into giving to the homeless, while much of the money simply goes into the wallets of the people running the “non-profit.”

After originally being brought to task by the Fox 5 News “Shame” team, the Attorney General is now going after the top two people at the United Homeless …continue reading