Two men have been accused of conning hundreds of elderly victims out of thousands of dollars in donations.
The pair, identified as Danny Kleiman and David Werkmeister, allegedly ran the scam between November 2005 and April 2007, according to an indictment by the state grand jury.
The indictment alleges that the men used more than 180 fake charity names when soliciting donations and that little or no money went to charitable causes.
More than 1,600 contributions exceeding more than $95,000 were made by 626 victims, with more than three-fourths of the money coming from elderly donors, according to the indictment.
The men are charged with racketeering, theft from at-risk adults, forgery, perjury and felony violations of the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act.
If convicted of all counts, the men face a possible sentence of 159 years in prison and $2 million in fines.
