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Stockpiling $30M in donations that are not being used to save children.
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Excessive compensation to Tim Ballard (over $300k/year).
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Unethical accounting that now is likely hiding Tim Ballard's total compensation.
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Lavish expenditures (e.g., first-class flights, 5-star hotels, dramatic helicopter appearances) with no financial accountability about how funds are used.
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Using false statistics to overstate the prevalence of child sex trafficking worldwide to lure donors.
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Using excessive emotion and religious manipulation to lure donors, including claims to be called of God, and to be protected by God in OUR's work.
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Using affinity with Mormon celebrities like Mormon apostle M. Russell Ballard, Glenn Beck, and Elizabeth/Ed Smart to lure donors.
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Claiming credit for raids that they were not involved with.
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Engaging in illegal and unsafe raids (jump teams) that often yield no positive results.
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Alleged unsavory behavior of jump team members, including illegal drug use during raids, sexual assault, etc.
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Drawing money and attention away from legitimate charities who are meaningfully providing solutions to the problems OUR decries.
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Victimizing and politicizing the suffering of children for political gain (Sean Reyes).
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Associating with and taking advantage of known false conspiracy theories like QAnon.
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Using the LDS Church's law firm (Kirton & McConkie) to intimidate and silence whistleblowers.
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In summary, manipulating wealthy donors through religious and patriotic emotion and misusing or misallocating funds, all on the backs of a very vulnerable population.
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