Illinois Sues Controversial AIDS Group Over Ads
July 24, 2009
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit seeking dissolution of the California-based Center for AIDS Prevention, claiming it has continued to represent itself as a charity 22 years after its tax-exempt status was revoked in the state, reports the local news site ChicagoNow.
The complaint states the AIDS agency has run advertisements soliciting donations on the Web sites of major Illinois news outlets such as the Chicago Tribune. The center’s fund-raising practices have been the subject of an ongoing probe by the nonprofit investigative-reporting site ProPublica.
