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Associated Press - November 24, 2009 2:15 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says 1 of New York City's most visible homeless charities is a sham.
Since the late 1980s, tourist-packed areas in Manhattan have been peppered with large plastic jugs set up on card tables to collect money for the United Homeless Organization.
People working the tables routinely say the money goes to food pantries, shelters and drug treatment centers.
Cuomo's office filed a civil lawsuit Monday saying that in reality, almost all donations wind up being pocketed by the group's staff and founders.
A lawyer for UHO did not immediately return a phone message Tuesday.
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