The Maryland Attorney General and Secretary of State issued a cease and desist order against DMV Futures, Inc., a Baltimore-based charity, for alleged misuse of charitable funds and using children for unsupervised door-to-door solicitation without providing the promised programs or benefits.
Per the news release distributed on Thursday, May 22: “Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, and Secretary of State, Susan C. Lee, announced today that a Cease and Desist Order has been issued against DMV Futures, Inc., a Baltimore-based youth charity, and its president, Marcus Smith, requiring that the organization, Smith, and all of DMV Futures, Inc.’s officers, agents, and directors cease all charitable soliciting, including door-to-door solicitations.
The Cease and Desist Order follows an investigation into complaints received by the State that DMV Futures, Inc. was driving groups of children into neighborhoods to engage in unsupervised door-to-door solicitation of charitable contributions and sale of candy. The investigation revealed that the organization claimed to offer a host of comprehensive work-educational youth programs and services as well as part-time jobs, scholarships, and other financial benefits to children. However, it was found that the organization did not administer these programs and reported little to no financial benefits to the children involved…