Another fine investigative piece by the St. Pete Times: “The final months of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association were marked by frantic attempts to fend off reporters and investigators who suspected the charity was a fraud. Though it had reported raising nearly $100 million to assist veterans, the nonÂprofit’s directors were nonexistent, its headquarters nothing more than mail drops. Run out of a dilapidated duplex in Ybor City but soliciting donations nationwide, the group sent much of its money to politicians, not needy veterans.” Read more.