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Article: Brookfield firm accused of scamming churches D.C. attorney general files suit over computer kiosks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2009
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The District of Columbia attorney general's office has filed a
lawsuit against a Brookfield leasing company and several other firms
that accuses them of engaging in a scam that bilked African-
American churches out of thousands of dollars.
The scheme involved placing interactive computer kiosks in the
churches that were billed as being a no-cost investment for
congregations but wound up costing thousands, the lawsuit contends.
"The scam was designed to illegally obtain hundreds of thousands
of dollars from congregations across the country by fraudulently
inducing them to accept computer equipment on the representation
that it was 'free of charge,' " the lawsuit says.
"In fact, the ...