Virginia: and Wisconsin, Plaintiffs, v.Kars-R-Us.com, Inc., a corporation also doing business as Donate Car 2 Veterans and Donation2Charity.com; Michael Irwin, individually and as an
officer of Kars-R-Us.com, Inc.; and Lisa Frank, individually and as an officer of Kars-R-Us.com, Inc., Defendants.
Case Summary
The Federal Trade Commission, along with 22 agencies from 19 states, stopped a deceptive charity fundraising scheme and its operators who made false or deceptive claims to U.S. donors.
Kars-R-Us.com, Inc. (Kars) and its operators, Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank, solicited charitable donations nationwide on behalf of United Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (UBCF), a charity that claims to assist individuals affected by breast cancer, according to a complaint filed by the FTC and states (link to complaint).
Under a proposed settlement order reached with the FTC and its state partners, Kars and its operators face restrictions on future fundraising activities and Irwin, Kars’s President and co-owner until 2022, will be permanently banned from fundraising.