Investigations into charities fraud is handled by the Bureau of Consumer Protection, not the Criminal Prosecutions Division. The former acts on complaints filed by consumers.
Obviously, not the case when AF complained.
Believe the AG and OAG is permitted to act "at will" when presented with credible evidence of fraud and "institutional criminality" within a State Registered and Licensed Charity - charities have no "Corporate Veil" or other protections from the AG, exist at the AG's pleasure and their files are subject to search and seizure by the AG, one of their primary regulators, at any time.
Given the information included in the 5/1/2009 SWIGJ Application made, and signed, by AG Corbett himself, how can you say that the AG did not have credible evidence submitted to them (in this case by the State Agency that co-regulates the charity) that The Second Mile was engaged in "Institutional Criminality", including fraud and much worse, by the founder of the charity which was his primary motivation for founding the charity???
Complete nonsense that the AG needs SWIGJ authority to investigate a charity when receiving such credible information of institutional criminality at the charity by its Founder and most powerful "Control Person". The AG has authority to investigate the charity and its most powerful "Control Person" Founder (which effectively made him a "Sole Director" via his Charter Powers) and does not need to ask a SWIGJ for those powers - that's complete nonsense. BTW, State powers and authority over charities is vested in the AG themselves, not "Divisions" of the OAG, which is why the AG was able to step in at Hershey and prevent purchases, mergers, etc... through the years.
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