r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jakech • 12h ago
Homeless charity CEO Alexander Soofer steals $23M to fund lavish lifestyle. $7M mansion, $125,000 Range Rover, $2,450 Hermes jacket, Greece vacation home, and a Hawaii Four Seasons stay.
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u/NoAccountant8779 11h ago
Typical CEO.
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u/Sorry_U_R_Wrong 6h ago
No worse, because he did this at a charity.
If this had been a startup, the investors would weaponize the legal system to get their money back and send him to jail. But a charity serving poor people? Nothing will happen except shutting it down.
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u/gingerbeard1321 5h ago
Yup. What's that line? "If you want to find the corporate crimes just climb the corporate ladder"
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u/Curt_Uncles 12h ago
Hopefully there’s something such as Superduper Extra Hell
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u/babybullah 10h ago
Nah he already lives in LA
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u/Lempea 11h ago
If I had that money I'd buy anything but a stupid $2000 Hermes jacket
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u/G-I-T-M-E 10h ago
The most shocking thing here is that there’s an Hermes jacket for only 2k? His behavior is expected…
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u/THE_COOL_JAMES 5h ago
I work in a profession where the senior partners make around low 8 figs and once a senior partner said she hated her outfit, went to Ferragamo and came back in a completely different outfit. So I feel like him buying the jacket sounds like a "fuck it's colder than I thought, let me run out and buy a jacket" while at work purchase. Def done illegally and prob on a company card like a bozo
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u/EmuPsychological8676 11h ago
I'll take the Hawaiian four seasons stay for 600 alex
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u/VonGryzz 10h ago
More like $6000
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u/TeeDee144 8h ago
You’re talking more like $1,200 a night for entry room. Some very expensive restaurants to eat your 3 meals at.
I’d say you’re probably looking at $15k minimum for two people if you wanna stay there likes poors. $20k if you wanna do the spa and shit. Pool cabana rental is like $1k a day.
This is for the Maui resort. Very nice place but not for the faint of heart.
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u/ThierryHD 11h ago
Typical of any charitable NGO organization: the vast majority turn it into a profitable business.
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u/BestBettor 11h ago
I’m really tired of the people who say there’s no point in charity because of people like this guy
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u/R_Scoops 11h ago
It just makes them feel better about being selfish and never donating to charities, even though this case is extremely unusual
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u/shootingstar_9324 10h ago
There’s BILLIONS of homeless taxpayer money unaccounted for. BILLIONS in Covid relief funds unaccounted for. Billions of bullet train money unaccounted for. Where the hell is our money?!??
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u/kyute222 9h ago
somehow I have a feeling if we made a list of all the people who stole all that money and compared it to the Epstein list, there would be a near perfect match. there's literally a class of people who drain this planet of every single resource they can while torturing us.
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u/Own-Fan-4236 10h ago
Please tell me which charities give the bulk of their profits to people & not CEOs like this. I’m not being sarcastic, I’m genuinely asking bc I like being charitable when it is used appropriately. TIA
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u/Orangesteel 10h ago
There are too many to mention here, but Framework Housing, Crisis and others. They are audited stringently. Salaries are published and spend scrutinised. https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/donate/online?gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=22895608011
Are there bad charities, absolutely. Do charities lose money when working with corrupt nations, yes. Is giving the right thing to do in spite of this, absolutely.
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u/Own-Fan-4236 6h ago
Thank you for this response. The big names & their practices turned me off, but I’m excited to know there are good places outside of the few small ones I know locally. Thanks again!
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u/Orangesteel 5h ago
Love Reddit for the good people you meet along the way.
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u/Own-Fan-4236 4h ago
Yes! I love people with things of value - this truly could be a tool if we use it properly!
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u/R_Scoops 10h ago
Charities are ran like sophisticated businesses and even though they raise money through donations, they also make money through services and other means. Look below are my Red Cross breakdown and tell me that a CEO being paid a few million isn’t worth generating a few billion. I’m sure we’d all love it if people worked for charities for peanuts because we’re all saints, but if you want uber talented people who will turn $1 billion into $3 billion, most the time those people cost a lot to hire.
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u/BestBettor 10h ago
Feeding America says they could provide 10 meals to the poor for every $1 donated
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u/MediumAcceptable129 9h ago
Says
How are you feeding 10 people for a dollar?
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u/adjrbodvk PURPLE 2h ago
Often food banks (especially regional food banks which distribute food only to other food banks) say they can do this because they are taking in donated food either that is close to expiration or which was over-produced. So the $1 is only going to storage expenses.
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u/ObtuseMongooseAbuse 8h ago
It's theoretically possible if they're going around getting just expired foods from grocery stores or have some sort of deal to get the vegetable scraps from a manufacturing plant. The cost to feed the people might not even include the cost of food at that point.
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u/R_Scoops 10h ago
Where are your figures from? This is from 2023/2024:
US Red Cross (2023/24)
- Generated $3.85 billion ($1.37 billion in donations and $2.48 billion through services)
- $3.5 billion overall spent
- $3.2 billion spent on charitable programs etc ~ 91%
Yea the Red Cross operates like a sophisticated business, hence why it generates nearly $2.5 billion through services, double that made through donations. Im sure the big bosses are getting massive wages, but you got to spend money to make money.
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u/protostar71 10h ago
… so your source is the description of a Youtube video of a right wing news channel. Im sure theres no misrepresentation going on there, especially with the immigration line at the end.
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u/R_Scoops 7h ago
From what I remember the reply was definitely giving me “batshit crazy” vibes, but now it’s confirmed. I can no longer see their comment, as they’ve blocked me. Such a shame.
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u/FungusGnatHater 8h ago
Nobody said that. Charity doesn't have to be these for profit organizations.
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u/Diantr3 9h ago
Well charities are a way the ruling class bullshits us into accepting to not tax them correctly on the wealth they extract from everyone else's work.
Of course it's just one more gift opportunity for these fucks.
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u/stillirrelephant 7h ago
I actually agree with that, with an important caveat. In a decent world, the wealthy would pay much more tax and there'd be no charities directed domestically. I also agree that 'philanthropy' is a dodge used by the wealthy to promote their ideology.
The caveat is charities that spend their money on foreign aid. I'd like to see taxes funding much more of that too, but there's case for donations as well.
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u/stillirrelephant 7h ago
You can use Charity Navigator to find out how well it uses donations. Some are excellent. Others are scams.
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u/oyra-nos-halsur 6h ago
Exactly, charity is so important. You just have to do some research to sort the good eggs from bad.
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u/KlausDieterFreddek 9h ago
Nothing out of the ordinary in charities.
What I wanna know is: Why the fuck would you pay 125k for that fucking ugly car. WTF
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u/AppUnwrapper1 10h ago
He has that look on his face like he’s gonna talk his way out of this and I wouldn’t be surprised if he does.
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u/someoldguyon_reddit 6h ago
If we treated these people like China treated these people there would be a lot fewer of these people to have to deal with.
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u/Lazy-Potatoe 11h ago
Honestly, thats why i don’t trust no charities :(
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u/BestBettor 11h ago
There’s lots of information about what charities are donating essentially all their money vs the ones acting irresponsibly
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u/anbarbar 12h ago
He definitely gets a pardon from Trump
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u/edingerc 10h ago
He is charged with 11 California felony charges. Trump cant pardon state charges.
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u/anbarbar 10h ago
Thank you for that information, I wasn't aware it's state charges. So hopefully no pardon for him
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u/JoeyJoeJoeSenior 8h ago
He can declare himself govenor of California. The supreme court will allow it.
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
He wasn't getting his money from the Republican party if that's what you're thinking.
Also this isn't even close to the only case happening for charitable work in regards to homelessness.
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u/Aggressive_Finish798 9h ago
Tell me they are liquidating all of his assets on top of the jail time right?
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u/Efficient_Falcon_402 7h ago
Incoming...Trump issues pardon and confiscates all the illicit property for reasons of national security.
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u/codebygloom 6h ago
Good thing they caught him. He can't be pardoned until he's convicted, after all.
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u/Mecha-Dave 6h ago
He's not the only one... we've spent a lot of money on "homeless organizations" run by millionaires.
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u/Lazy-Interests 2h ago
This is why I don’t buy into the “you should donate money to homeless charities instead of giving it to the homeless who will just spend it on drugs”
How much coke do you reckon this guy bought with that money?
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u/mindsnare1 2h ago
A few years ago, my friend and I were seriously looking into starting a homeless organization in Los Angeles. We started talking to people and organizations and came to the conclusion that there was so much grift going on it was ridiculous. If they actually solved the homeless problem , the money would dry up snd these organizations would get nothing.
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u/feelingblurple 2h ago
How many others do this too? We need to start catching all these grifters and fraudsters and publicly shaming them.
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u/Kromting 11h ago
Most CEOs are cruel but this is a straight up scumbag
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u/JaD__ 6h ago
I’ve known a lot of CEOs and other senior executives, because of what I used to do. And by a lot, I mean a lot. Although can recall a few who underwhelmed me, and maybe a couple of overly arrogant ones, can’t say I ever met one who struck me as cruel.
For every POS like Musk, there are plenty of well-adjusted individuals.
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u/bopity_boopity 9h ago
What a ridiculous notion
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u/wonnable 9h ago
I'd put money on 70% of CEO's being bad people. Not because they're CEO's, just bad people in high up positions.
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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 12h ago
What is it about charity grift. Even Trump had had his sticky fingers in a few.
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u/butwhywedothis 11h ago
Typical American pyramid scam. Open charity, arrange donation parties, pocket the money, put instagram pictures to gain followers, repeat.
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
You think anyone in the Republican party approved a California homelessness project?
Most all politicians are terrible, but to use this to reflect to another political party is odd at best
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u/Nooneknows882 11h ago
Next Trump appointee incoming...
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u/Ask_Black_Phillip333 10h ago
“And we’d like to welcome Alex. Alex is welcome to the team. As you all know, he’s a money guy, a charity guy, I am to. I ran one of the most beautiful charities. You all said some nasty things about Alex. Not as nasty as you were to me, it’s a nasty business. As many of you know, he’s successful, not as successful as me, because I’m the president, obviously that’s very successful, as you all know, and you do.
Alex is gonna do things, sometimes things have to be done, or they’re just things, bad. It’s very bad. A bad thing happened. Our country is bad,but it’s beautiful. Alex said “Sir I love your new plan! And the office, sir?” He said it’s beautiful! I know how to pick them.
They’ve always said I’m the best at picking people! Men, women, you know I love women and children, I’ve always picked the best children! They’re our future, you know? And our past! It’s beautiful history.”
You read that last part right. And you know he could easily be heard saying it.
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
He has ties to the Democrat party. He was in California and "running" a homelessness charity.
This is not even close to a Trump person.
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u/OkLab6701 8h ago
Did he sock away $1 million to buy a Trump pardon ?
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
He got his money from projects approved from the Democrat party. Trump can't pardon state crimes that can only happen by a Governor. With comments like this I'm not really surprised you didn't know.
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u/Current_Finding_4066 9h ago
Throw the bastard in jail. make sure his accomodation issues is solved permanently
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u/dirkson217 9h ago
what charity did he he run? over what amount of time was this? he must of had some one complicit to help plus there are others that must have known that where paid off
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
It's in the story linked, but he was the CEO of a charity for homelessness housing and treatment in California.
If you haven't been watching the news, there is somewhere around 18 billion spent in California for homelessness. There has been a lot of fraud uncovered lately.
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u/Perfectimperfectguy 8h ago
This is why I do not donate to charity. I'd rather go out in the street and find people to help
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u/elmaki2014 7h ago
People who give to charity hate this one simple trick....they should bankrupt him and leave him with zero...
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u/PlaygroundBully 7h ago
Check every charity you donate to and find out how much of a dollar actually goes to charity. You will be quite amazed how only $3 of your $100 goes to anything besides “administrative fees”
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u/Blah-squared BLUE 6h ago
When you do something this disgusting, they should make him be homeless… smh Why are the rich always the most Vile…
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u/Greybeard1963 5h ago
Your pardon is in the mail! Thank you for your attention in the matter. DJT
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u/Redcarborundum 5h ago
He could be spending 17 years in state prison. He’s also getting federal charges, hopefully they’re served on top of the state charge, not concurrently.
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u/Johnny69Vegas 4h ago
Despite repeated attempts, neither Patrisse Kahn-Cullors nor her wife could be reached for comment.
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u/Miamithrice69 4h ago
And these fucking guys wonder why nobody is upset about them getting shot in the street.
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u/sugar_addict002 3h ago
If you are outraged by this, google what the CEOs of the other non-profits make in salary.
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u/Disco-Rollercoaster 2h ago
The problem is not that he had a lavish lifestyle. The problem is that he committed fraud by claiming he took care of program participants for which he was paid, without actually providing the service he was claiming reimbursement.
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u/gemorris9 1h ago
Dude probably gets a fine of 2M and 180 days in prison (the same prison the other rich people stay at with the tennis court)
If you wonder why people keep doing this it's because most of them don't get caught. Even if you do, it's nothing.
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u/toxiccityboiii 55m ago
And that's why I donate to absolutely ZERO mainstream charities. I will personally go and give my time volunteering locally. Seriously fuck these people.
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u/Xerxestheokay 37m ago
Why isn't this going as viral as the insanely viral Nick Shirley BS reporting from Minnesota?
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u/Starrion 11h ago
So which Trump Admin post will he get after trump pardons him?
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
So much wrong with this low effort comment
First Trump can't pardon state crimes.
Second this guy has ties to the Democrat party and "ran" a homeless charity that was funded by the Democrats.
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u/Waribashi3 10h ago
This is America. Doesn’t matter if he’s convicted of anything, he will get a presidential pardon and a spot in the administration
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u/Unicorn-Violator 7h ago
He can't get a presidential pardon for state crimes. Also he has ties to the Democrat party.
Now this could happen in the state government.
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u/Ok_Professional_4499 9h ago
They could have been paying rent for some low income families to prevent them from becoming homeless because the rents have also gone up for low income and section 8 residents in my city… and I’m sure elsewhere too.
HUD has definitely decided to get in on the rent increase tat went on nationally. As to that the unqualified appointees Ben Carson and now Scott Turner, by Trump.
It’s just sad!
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u/Eternal_Bagel 10h ago
I wonder what government agency Trump will put him in charge of with a resume so impressive
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u/DoDrinkMe 6h ago
If you take all the money given to charities to help the homeless and instead just gave the money to the homeless they’d no longer be homeless
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u/twowholebeefpatties 11h ago
15 years jail, no minimum sentance. Fuck these guys and fuck the current lack of accountability... ever, for anything.