Judges temporarily shuts down non-profit claiming to assist vets

COLUMBUS

Judges in two county courts have granted Attorney General Richard Cordray’s request for temporary restraining orders against a nonprofit that says it assists veterans.

Common Pleas Courts in both Hamilton and Fairfield counties signed off on the orders, prohibiting the U.S. Navy Veterans Association from soliciting contributions in Ohio and barring the group from accessing the contents of two mailboxes.

“We appreciate that the courts moved quickly to shut down the activities of this organization while we continue our investigation and sort out the facts from the fiction,” Cordray said in a released statement. “There is compelling evidence that much of the information put out by this organization is false and misleading, including the names of association officers who appear to be fictional.”

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