Heart of David Ministries spent all $2,126,739 it received from May 2017 through earlier this budget year. • MCEC paid a variety of consultants, including Jess New, for no clear deliverables or where there was no proof the spending met TANF requirements. Also Read l WWE News: WWE superstars reaching out to AEW and Chris Jericho to jump ship: Report. He competed in multiple singles matches but soon went on to create a tag team with Cody Rhodes.
• MCEC and FRC used TANF money to fund religious concerts with no proof they benefitted the needy. }); var gptadslots=[], googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. A report by the state showed that millions of dollars were funneled through the DiBiase family name. DiBiase’s group received as much as $900,000 one year. })(); According to AP, Brett DiBiase later pleaded ‘not guilty,’ and the authorities revealed that Brett DiBiase was paid to teach drug abuse classes in Mississippi even though he was in a drug rehabilitation program in California at the time. Among the grantees, MCEC was particularly dependent on TANF funding and engaged in extensive misspending.
Would love your thoughts, please comment. From 2016 to 2019, MCEC was given over $60 million in grants from DHS, while raising just under $1.6 million from other sources. • MCEC made many unallowable sports-related expenditures—like sponsoring a college baseball tournament—for services that could not be proven to benefit the needy. MCEC also paid salaries, cell phone bills, and other costs for a variety of members of the New family. — Ted DiBiase Jr. (@TedDiBiase) August 18, 2020. ((function a(t){try{return JSON.parse(t)}catch(n){}})(i.data)||{})[t]:(i.data||{})[t])&&n(e.command,e.version,function(t,n){var a={__tcfapiReturn:{returnValue:t,success:n,callId:e.callId}};i.source.postMessage(c?JSON.stringify(a):a,"*")},e.parameter)}}"function"!=typeof n&&(n=i[t]=i[t]||function f(){for(var t=[],n=0;n
• MCEC paid for extensive unallowable advertising, like using TANF money to advertise at the NCAA basketball tournament and a college football bowl game. • MCEC paid excessive rent well above market value to a holding company owned by Zach and Nancy New. • MCEC transferred over $6 million to a private school and organization owned by Nancy New and also purchased curricula and supplies with TANF funds for the school. Third Party Advertising: We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. • Zach New took a loan out against his MCEC retirement plan and repaid the loan with TANF money. FRC also made unallowable donations. googletag.pubads().enableAsyncRendering(); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); Ted DiBiase Jr is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr who also goes by the name ‘The Million Dollar Man’. The audit also suggested DHS conduct an internal investigation into current and former DHS staff who may have played a role in the fraud. DiBiase Sr. was paid $84,517 as president of the organization.