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Two men who persuaded hundreds of elderly victims to donate thousands of dollars to nonexistent charities have pleaded guilty to violating the state’s organized-crime act and committing charities fraud.
The pair — Danny Kleiman, 45, and David Dale Werkmeister, 44 — used more than 180 fake charity names when soliciting donations.
When sentenced in August, they will face up to 16 years in prison.
They perpetrated the ruse from November 2005 until April 2007. More than 1,600 contributions exceeding $95,000 were made by 626 victims.
