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Quote Originally Posted by JoeU View Post
I know everyone is waiting to hear from me about the 22q money side of it.

Last night, I sent a e-mail to the executive board of the foundation to investigate. Things are slow to investigate because there was a change in President and Treasurer. And since I am a part of 2 foundations (spinal cord injury association and 22q), I know it can be a mess when you change treasurers, and that mess can last up to 6 months post change. So although the investigation on the 22q side is not complete, I do have a couple of facts about the money that came in, and what was potentially in the poker room during that show.

The foundation received $2021 through the online donation link that was earmarked from Vegas Poker Radio. That is the sum of the money donated through the link on the site. Their preliminary investigation does not show any other large sums of money that came in. No large checks, no large transfers on PayPal. Please keep in mind that this is not a final determination, just the results of a cursory preliminary investigation. The new treasurer is still looking into this for me.

The poker room money is a different story. I received this information from a very credible source with access to this information. That source is a user here, and if he would like to identify himself, I'd welcome it. According to him, $712 was taken in rake and entry fees from the tournaments and cash games. There is also $1135 that was left in player banks, and currently an unknown amount that was transferred back to John to be donated to the charity. So we are looking at well over $2000, and maybe even up to $3000 in poker room money. This money is still unaccounted for, and the final amount in question. I'm asking that if you are a part of this community, and had money in the poker room for the event, did you donate your money to the foundation at the end? If you didn't, were you paid the money you were owed from the room?

As china indicated earlier, my wife and I are the only 2 people with direct ties to the board and the foundation that live in New England. The majority of the board resided in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but there are board members in Canada, Florida, and other states. John never gave me a check. My understanding was that he was mailing a check to the foundation, but china's information is very different.

All I am asking of John right now is that he come clean about this. He needs to make his BAP and 22q right. Only then can we move on.

I do appreciate the outpouring of support from the community on this issue as well. I'd also like to ask that if there is a "make 22q right" fund, that china or duff be in charge of that since as suggested earlier, they are two of the most trustworthy people on the board.

Thank you again to all for exposing this and supporting this. As I have more information, I will post it here.

Joe
So they never got $3500 initially, just $2021 (another $1479 missing)

There is also $712 unaccounted for.

$1135 of player bank money.

And another "undetermined amount".

PLUS the $3000 he was supposed to send in on top of it all??

So now we are at......

$6326 PLUS an undetermined amount of money?

Is this correct?
No, John reported on the air that the donation amount was around $6500 total, $3500 online, and $3000 in the poker room. John had access to see the online donation total, but was not able to touch that money. I believe he inflated his reported figures of the online donations to make the podcast look more successful. Just a lie to the listeners to make it sound more successful.

The amount in question is the poker room amount. From what we are seeing in the preliminary investigation, none of this money came in. I never followed up with the foundation on this because I had no reason not to believe John. The foundation never questioned the amounts either because they were grateful for anything that came in. This podcast was a first time event for everyone involved, and with any first time undertaking, mistakes are usually made. Events are improved on based on previous mistakes made. Now we learned (the hard way) not to trust him with the money. Maybe in hindsight, I should have demanded he give me all proceeds to send to the foundation.

So the total in question is approximately $3000, and it is safe to report the event made more like $5000 than $6000. Still a great event, and a lot of money to raise from a small radio show. Unfortunate that those events, combined with a dishonest BAP led to where we are today.

Joe