An Ormond Beach man was arrested Friday afterwards authorities say he acclimated a affected veterans alms as a advanced to betray bodies and businesses out of money, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
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Christopher Blake, 46, ran the Second Chance Veterans Foundation - an alignment that claimed to advice eradicate adept homelessness, suicide and poverty, according to the foundation's website. Instead, authorities say Blake acclimated the foundation to bamboozle several businesses.
Authorities began investigating the foundation on Dec. 18, afterwards a business buyer told assembly that Blake had not paid him for signs and banners announcement a golf clash fundraiser. The man agreed to accomplish the advertisements in October and bead them off at a hotel. Despite abundant buzz calls and attempts to acquaintance Blake, the man said he was never paid for the banners, which were account about $550, according to cloister documents.
Authorities apparent that Blake didn't pay DeBary Golf & Country Club for hosting the October tournament. The club administrator told authorities that Blake wrote a $6,500 analysis the day afterwards the tournament, but the analysis bounced, annal show. The administrator told authorities that Blake answerable $100 per actuality for the tournament, which 40 bodies attended.
The administrator of an Orange City Holiday Inn additionally told authorities that Blake owed the auberge money. The administrator said Blake asked for a donation to the foundation, and the auberge obliged, autograph a $100 analysis in barter for actuality called as a sponsor, abstracts show. The administrator additionally said Blake did not pay for about $1,000 account of auberge rooms.
A retired NFL amateur additionally accused Blake of not advantageous him for his actualization during the tournament. Gerald Riggs told authorities that Blake asked him to arise in barter for a $2,500 fee. Riggs abounding the tournament, but the analysis bounced back he approved to banknote it, according to documents.
Blake was appointed into the Volusia County Jail on abomination artifice charges.
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Michael Williams can be accomplished at miwilliams@orlandosentinel.com, 407-420-5022 or @michaeldamianw.
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