US TV investigates U’SAgain
An investigation by Kiro 7 TV, Seattle, into used clothes collector U’SAgain concludes the public is being deceived because the company is falsely masquerading as a charity.
The Teachers Group enterprise has recently installed 600 clothing donation boxes in the Seattle area. Investigative reporter Chris Halsne tells viewers: “Drop the clothes in a red U’SAgain bin and you’re essentially giving away cash to a multi-million dollar enterprise …. The company cashes in on peoples’ preconceived notions that all bins represent charity.”
The material includes a revealing video interview with U’SAgain CEO Mattias Wallander. Wallander admits he is in the Teachers Group, but claims no association with the Group’s leaders members prosecuted for fraud in Denmark, now fugitive. But Kiro TV says financial records ‘indicate otherwise’. Tvind Alert provided interviews, information and documentation for this report, but received no acknowledgement.
Extended interview with Mattias Wallander
Mayor calls for removal of for-profit donation bins (25th November 2009)
