The Fund

[Texana]

I think the relatives are the ones in charge of administering the funds. So the decision to use the $$ for legal defense can always be pawned off on the relatives.

It's going to happen, I feel certain.

 

[Rino]

Exactly Trino, I wonder if the donors can get their money back, if so they should, I read in Petras link that some have already started to ask for their money back.

Absolutly, the money was given under fraudulent circumstances if the indeed are guilty. Boy, will the tide turn for those who are able to admit they have been duped. There will always be some who will steadfast deny they are even capable of this crime, there always are.

 

[Salem]

What bothers me is that they are being SOLD not given away. If my child was missing I would want anyone who wanted to put a poster up or wear a braclet to do so. I would want the world wallpapered with my childs picture. I would never put an obsticle of money in the way of that objective.

mjak

Oh mjak! I so agree. SOLD - :banghead: :banghead: :furious: :furious: This was the purpose of the fund, a fund that have over a million dollars in it and they can't pass out poster and even those dang bracelets for free (many, many cuss words here). It makes you just want to shake them all.

IS THERE ONE MEMBER IN THAT FAMILY THAT HAS AN OUNCE OF COMMON SENSE AND IS NOT DRIVEN BY MONEY????

Just one? Sorry for the yelling, but this really pushes my buttons. In all this time, K&G have not done one thing to find their daughter that wasn't attached to attention getting or money making.

This fund was established on May 14th, IIRC. Eleven days after Maddie disappeared. Yes, I understand a lot of money was being thrown at the McCann's initially to help, but Gerry's focus became this :furious: fund and the stinking campaign NOT the whereabouts of his daughter.

Someone in this mess has to have some integrity or honesty, don't they? Really, don't they? How can so many people in one group not see what is needed here? Just a little common sense, decency, and honesty. That's all. Not a lot to ask when a 4 year old is missing......

Salem

 

[Barnaby]

What bothers me is that they are being SOLD not given away. If my child was missing I would want anyone who wanted to put a poster up or wear a braclet to do so. I would want the world wallpapered with my childs picture. I would never put an obsticle of money in the way of that objective.

mjak

ITA it all seemed to be about money from the start! Who would think about selling posters of their missing daughter rather than giving them away by the thousands, it beggars belief!

In view of their obsession with money I wouldn't be a bit surprised that my initial theory of this being a staged abduction for money was correct. If Madeleine is dead then something went wrong!

 

[petra]

Oh mjak! I so agree. SOLD - :banghead: :banghead: :furious: :furious: This was the purpose of the fund, a fund that have over a million dollars in it and they can't pass out poster and even those dang bracelets for free (many, many cuss words here). It makes you just want to shake them all.

IS THERE ONE MEMBER IN THAT FAMILY THAT HAS AN OUNCE OF COMMON SENSE AND IS NOT DRIVEN BY MONEY????

Just one? Sorry for the yelling, but this really pushes my buttons. In all this time, K&G have not done one thing to find their daughter that wasn't attached to attention getting or money making.

This fund was established on May 14th, IIRC. Eleven days after Maddie disappeared. Yes, I understand a lot of money was being thrown at the McCann's initially to help, but Gerry's focus became this :furious: fund and the stinking campaign NOT the whereabouts of his daughter.

Someone in this mess has to have some integrity or honesty, don't they? Really, don't they? How can so many people in one group not see what is needed here? Just a little common sense, decency, and honesty. That's all. Not a lot to ask when a 4 year old is missing......

Salem

Well said. And remember it is over 1 million GBP or 2 million USD. Donated by school kids, bake sales, church events, dinner fundraisers, etc.

And this is in addition to the 2.5 million pound or 5 million USD reward money donated by JK Rowling, Richard Branson ,Wayne Rooney and a Scottish business man-whose name i apologize for not remembering.

Donations also included free lodging at the Ocean Club, free access to private jets and accommodation while traveling, gratis trips for Gerry to speak and rumored payments for interviews in magazines and media.

Still hoping for Madeleine to be safe and sound.

 

[Jdee]

Interesting article on the fund;

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/15130/Dad-I-ll-use-1m-Maddie-fund-to-clear-our-names/

"In messages posted on internet websites many revealed that they planned to demand their
donations back.

And some called for the fund to be frozen.
But legal experts said there was little that could be done to stop the McCanns – because the fund is a private business and not a charity.

It was rejected by the Charity Commission which ruled its aims were not broad enough to merit charitable status"

Consent

Instead Madeleine’s Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Ltd was set up as a company.
That means the McCanns only have to get the consent of the firm’s board of directors to access the cash."

 

[Elphaba]

From what I read on the Mirror forums, every doggone attempt to get the fund investigated or frozen, is getting shot down. This family made sure that fund was filtered into a business aspect that is hard to touch. It all stinks to the high heavens...

 

[Brefie]

While for right now I believe they are innocent....it is an absolute DISGRACE that this money would be used for a defense fund.

 

[Jdee]

I completely agree Brefie.

 

[CaliKid]

IF the McCanns had anything to do with Madeleine's disappearance (death), they knew well before they set up the fund that it's #1 objective:

1.1.1 To secure the safe return to her family of Madeleine McCann who was abducted in Praia da Luz, Portugal on Thursday 3rd May 2007

was impossible. That means the entire inception of this fund was a plot to make money for them to spend on themselves under the guise of searching for their daughter. That is fraud.

So why should the McCanns, who may have fraudulently set up a scam on the dead body of their child, be allowed to use that money to try to extricate themselves from the charges of causing her to die?

It certainly goes a long way in explaining why the FindMadeleine website included so little actual information about Madeleine's appearance. And why the missing posters weren't in any language other than English and Portuguese- because they knew she would never be recovered.

I know people are investigating whether they can demand a refund through PayPal for fraud, and I hope it's doable.

And I think the wristbands are tacky.

 

[Jdee]

and remember Cali VERY early on I posted about buying one whether I should or shouldn't? I am glad now I decided against it. I will support Madeleine but not the 'dream team' for the Team Mccann

 

[Brefie]

and remember Cali VERY early on I posted about buying one whether I should or shouldn't? I am glad now I decided against it. I will support Madeleine but not the 'dream team' for the Team Mccann

You know, I was going back and forth until I read that they had spent only 70k and had raised well over 1m. If the fund had been dwindling and costs itemized, I definitely would have donated.

 

[Jdee]

The fund to me has not been handeled well at all wether they are guilty or innocent. At one point they were charging for posters. I don't know if they still are or not but that to me was just way over the top.

 

[Barnaby]

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?232037

 

[Shazza]

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?232037

Great link Barnaby, I signed.

 

[Brefie]

Signed it.

Thank you for the link, Barnaby

 

[Kelly]

Folks, don't sign this petition.

These online petitions generally amount to nothing other than awareness for the originator.

Notice the Google Ads imbedded right in the middle of the page?

The originator knows this is a hot button topic, and it will start getting passed around all over the place. He'll get alot of ads clicks and make money from the situation.

Disgusting, I say.

 

[Rino]

Signed.

 

[Texana]

Right Kelly, it is such a frustration for the people who donated, but I feel certain that legally the fund is insulated from any claims for refunds.

The fund has been used for the McCann living expenses (based on my opinion) and will continue to be used for anything the administrators--friends and family of the McCanns--consider appropriate.

That will include legal expenses because of course, in their view, they are innocent.

 

[sleuthin4fun]

Folks, don't sign this petition.

These online petitions generally amount to nothing other than awareness for the originator.

Notice the Google Ads imbedded right in the middle of the page?

The originator knows this is a hot button topic, and it will start getting passed around all over the place. He'll get alot of ads clicks and make money from the situation.

Disgusting, I say.

OOPS!!!! I signed it!