BREAKING NEWS
PTAs Urged To Stop Payments To CMI
Blumenthal: Count Out Count Me In
WFSB-TV Hartford
GREENWICH, Conn. -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal issued an urgent warning Tuesday to parents and school groups against making payments to register their children for sports and other programs through Count Me In, a recently bankrupt company.
Count Me In, a Washington state-based company recently forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, has allegedly failed to transfer tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more, to several Parent-Teacher Associations in Connecticut and organizations elsewhere, he said.
Blumenthal said he began an investigation after complaints from five PTAs in Greenwich that they were denied $75,000 collected in their name. They and other organizations contracted with CMI to administer registration for sports and other programs, police said.
As part of CMI's service, they said, it accepted online credit card payments from parents to enroll children in these programs. Registration payments collected by CMI should have been transferred to the organizations that contract with CMI, they said, but CMI reportedly has failed to forward the money.
Three of CMI's clients out of Alaska filed an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition against the company on Dec. 22, Blumenthal said. The case is pending before a bankruptcy court in Washington.
Blumenthal said several organizations nationwide also claim CMI owes them money. He urged parents and PTAs to stop using CMI for online registration payments and challenge credit card payments, if possible.
"Parents and PTAs should count out Count Me In," Blumenthal said. "We will fight to recover any money misused and now missing, but parents should avoid this organization for now.
"Count Me In has no right to retain or redirect money -- tens of thousands of dollars or more -- that belongs to PTAs and other organizations serving our children," Blumenthal said. "Count Me In has endangered vital sports and other extracurricular activities by failing to forward significant sums of money collected from parents. Money that Count Me In should have simply held safely and then forwarded has now vanished without explanation.”
Blumenthal said those who paid the company by credit card should call the credit card company immediately to try and reverse the charges. He said there's a time limit so it must be done quickly.
He said he also wants to hear from anyone who paid the company or any PTA that may have lost money in the deal.
WHEN WERE GREENWICH PTA LEADERS GOING TO TELL THE PARENTS THAT THEY HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF ?????
SHOULDN'T SOMEONE CALL THE GREENWICH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT THIS MISSING $75,000 ?????
MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD BE CALLING THE CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL ?????
SHOULDN'T PTA LEADERS BE SENDING OUT A MASS EMAIL TELLING PARENTS TO DISPUTE THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES, SO THAT THEY WONT LOSE THEIR MONEY ?????
WHY HASN"T THE GREENWICH PTA'S PULLED THE PLUG ON THEIR COUNT ME IN WEBSITE, BEFORE MORE PARENTS LOOSE MONEY ?????
WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP IN THE GREENWICH PTA"S ?????...........
ONCE AGAIN HEARST NEWSPAPER
CUB REORTER COLIN GUSTAFSON
IS BEHIND THE TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO
EDUCATION REPORTING IN GREENWICH
Blumenthal: Count Out Count Me In
WFSB-TV Hartford
GREENWICH, Conn. -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal issued an urgent warning Tuesday to parents and school groups against making payments to register their children for sports and other programs through Count Me In, a recently bankrupt company.
Count Me In, a Washington state-based company recently forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, has allegedly failed to transfer tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more, to several Parent-Teacher Associations in Connecticut and organizations elsewhere, he said.
Blumenthal said he began an investigation after complaints from five PTAs in Greenwich that they were denied $75,000 collected in their name. They and other organizations contracted with CMI to administer registration for sports and other programs, police said.
As part of CMI's service, they said, it accepted online credit card payments from parents to enroll children in these programs. Registration payments collected by CMI should have been transferred to the organizations that contract with CMI, they said, but CMI reportedly has failed to forward the money.
Three of CMI's clients out of Alaska filed an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition against the company on Dec. 22, Blumenthal said. The case is pending before a bankruptcy court in Washington.
Blumenthal said several organizations nationwide also claim CMI owes them money. He urged parents and PTAs to stop using CMI for online registration payments and challenge credit card payments, if possible.
"Parents and PTAs should count out Count Me In," Blumenthal said. "We will fight to recover any money misused and now missing, but parents should avoid this organization for now.
"Count Me In has no right to retain or redirect money -- tens of thousands of dollars or more -- that belongs to PTAs and other organizations serving our children," Blumenthal said. "Count Me In has endangered vital sports and other extracurricular activities by failing to forward significant sums of money collected from parents. Money that Count Me In should have simply held safely and then forwarded has now vanished without explanation.”
Blumenthal said those who paid the company by credit card should call the credit card company immediately to try and reverse the charges. He said there's a time limit so it must be done quickly.
He said he also wants to hear from anyone who paid the company or any PTA that may have lost money in the deal.
Let The Record Show:
That Greenwich Roundup Was The First Connecticut News Outlet To Report That CMI was ripping off Greenwich School Parents.
Furthermore, weeks ago we were asking why the Greenwich PTA's had not contacted Blumenthal office and criticized the PTA's for hiding the $75,000 loss and not advising them to call their credit card company immediately reverse the charges.
PLEASE SEE:
The PTA's Are Missing A Lot Of Money
Where Is The Parents $75,0000?
Where Is The Parents $75,0000?
IS DAN KULLY AND HIS SISTER TRYING TO SWEEP THIS THEFT UNDER THE RUG ?????
SHOULDN'T PARENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED BEFORE DAN KULLY HOPPED ON A PLANE TO WASHINGTON ?????
SHOULDN'T PARENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED BEFORE DAN KULLY HOPPED ON A PLANE TO WASHINGTON ?????
WHEN WERE GREENWICH PTA LEADERS GOING TO TELL THE PARENTS THAT THEY HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF ?????
SHOULDN'T SOMEONE CALL THE GREENWICH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT THIS MISSING $75,000 ?????
MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD BE CALLING THE CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL ?????
SHOULDN'T PTA LEADERS BE SENDING OUT A MASS EMAIL TELLING PARENTS TO DISPUTE THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES, SO THAT THEY WONT LOSE THEIR MONEY ?????
WHY HASN"T THE GREENWICH PTA'S PULLED THE PLUG ON THEIR COUNT ME IN WEBSITE, BEFORE MORE PARENTS LOOSE MONEY ?????
WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP IN THE GREENWICH PTA"S ?????...........
PLEASE ALSO SEE:
PTA Mothers Start Searching For Their Missing Money
ONCE AGAIN HEARST NEWSPAPER
CUB REORTER COLIN GUSTAFSON
IS BEHIND THE TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO
EDUCATION REPORTING IN GREENWICH
By Colin Gustafson
Greenwich Time Staff Writer
Posted: 12/27/2008 01:00:00 AM EST
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