Judge freezes assets of suspect charity

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4117969,00.html

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A federal judge has frozen nearly $7 million in assets of a Utah charity suspected of ripping off schools around the country on fitness equipment.

The assets were frozen at the request of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, one of the states sold equipment by the National School Fitness Foundation.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle in St. Paul, Minn., froze the assets Tuesday and ordered the foundation to stop doing business in Minnesota, which has taken the lead in the investigation.

Kyle said probable cause exists that the charity and a business partner, School Fitness Systems, committed mail and wire fraud in sales to 19 Minnesota schools of stationary bicycles, weightlifting machines, treadmills and other equipment.

The order does not apply to other states, and no criminal charges have been filed.

<more>

A federal judge has frozen nearly $7 million in assets of a Utah charity suspected of ripping off schools around the country on fitness equipment.

Kyle said probable cause exists that the charity and a business partner, School Fitness Systems, committed mail and wire fraud in sales to 19 Minnesota schools of stationary bicycles, weightlifting machines, treadmills and other equipment.

Some people don't like to click without knowing what it's about.

Edit: Looks like the original poster added more text too. :)