$187 Million Fraud Case Should Send a Message About Charity Integrity

Last week's government action charging four cancer charities with $187 million in fraud was unprecedented: The Federal Trade Commission, 50 states and the District of Columbia for the first time ever made a concerted push to prosecute a web of groups.

While the cancer organizations' stunning array of alleged abuses drew the attention of regulators and the news media, it is hardly the only group of players undermining the integrity of the nonprofit world. Yet amid a steady parade of misbehavior, fraud and mismanagement, little ever changes to hold scoundrels in the nonprofit world accountable.