Wyclef Jean squandered Haitian relief funds

[Tachosomoza]

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Less than a third of the $16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on Sunday.

According to the exclusive report, Jean's charity, Yele Haiti, doled out millions in questionable contracts -- in fact, $1 million was paid to a Florida firm that doesn't seem to exist.

The Post also reported that a company called P&A Construction -- which is run by Warnel Pierre, Jean's brother-in-law -- received $353,983 from the group.

Founded in 2005 with his cousin Jerry Duplessis, Jean's charity was troubled before the disastrous January 2010 earthquake struck his native country. In 2008, it was revealed that the organization had never filed required tax forms detailing its spending to the IRS.

The charity lost $244,000 in 2009. But almost immediately after the January 12, 2010, quake, Jean took to Twitter asking for $5 donations, which quickly rolled in.

Soon after, it was reported that Yele Haiti had given $250,000 to a Haitian TV station controlled by Jean and Duplessis.

"Have we made mistakes before? Yes," said a tearful Jean, a former Haitian presidential candidate, holding a January 2010 press conference to defend his charity against that charge. "Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefits? Absolutely not. Yele's books are open and transparent."

Yele Haiti has not yet issued a statement to respond to the new charges.

Oh my...

[bortmackie]

What the fuck? I think the Wyclef genuinely wanted to help Haiti, but perhaps he's too stupid to run a charity and manage that amount of money. I think a lot of the money donated never made it there though. They haven't even finished rebuilding the presidential palace.

[i am somebody]

those 1%ers can totally be trusted

[BoneThugJones]

Nigs gunna Nig atleast this time the nig was nigging other nigs

[panthrax]

lol black people.

[ZappaFan]

Wow. What a fucking scammer. It wont be long until someone puts a bullet in his bubblegoose

[whocares]

A black man taking advantage of his own people's sufferings for his own greed... what do you have to say about this?

[Tachosomoza]

Originally Posted by whocares

A black man taking advantage of his own people's sufferings for his own greed... what do you have to say about this?

Why is that an issue? A fuckup is a fuckup.

[bleh]

Originally Posted by ZappaFan

Wow. What a fucking scammer. It wont be long until someone puts a bullet in his bubblegoose

Ahh snap, you beat me to it.

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by whocares

A black man taking advantage of his own people's sufferings for his own greed... what do you have to say about this?

White people don't do the same?

Actually, white people have the correct approach to greed. The only color they care about is green. I'm not saying they're all like that, but the ones that are excel at being greedy bastards.

[Tachosomoza]

I can make a thread about all the white supremacists who have defrauded their "own people" out of millions of dollars. Black supremacists as well. It's called affinity fraud. "I look like u, gif me your moneyz!!!!!"

Greed knows no boundaries.

[Tachosomoza]

Haiti has been getting plundered by its leaders with the help of the United States since independence, to be honest. The Duvaliers essentially ran the country's treasury as their own personal piggy bank...selling Haitians' blood to the USA, siphoning foreign aid money, selling relief supplies on the black market....

[whocares]

Originally Posted by Tachosomoza

Haiti has been getting plundered by its leaders with the help of the United States since independence, to be honest. The Duvaliers essentially ran the country's treasury as their own personal piggy bank...selling Haitians' blood to the USA, siphoning foreign aid money, selling relief supplies on the black market....

Like you wouldn't do the same.

[Tachosomoza]

Originally Posted by whocares

Like you wouldn't do the same.

I never said I wouldn't....

[Michael Scott]

Damn I don't believe this