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A man has been released on bail after being charged with stealing donations for tsunami relief.
Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Schmieder, who is accused of sending emails purporting to be from a genuine aid organization, was arrested last week. According to reports from the Associated Press, he is said to have planned to use the money to repair his car.
In the emails, Schmieder is said to have requested that donations be sent to a PayPal account.
The FBI was alerted after Mercy Corps (the aid organisation Schmieder is alleged to have posed as) received complaints about the emails.
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1. bob jordan
Why not put them all on a old leaky boat tow them out into shark infested waters and then use them for target practise,there again bullets cost money so just let the sharks eat them its only what this sort of scum deserve.
2. Errol Baptiste
These scammers must be sick and greedy in order to cash in on the tsunami tragedy they must be lock up for life and throw away the keys.