Truckers Have Received Some Of The Funds, Most In A US Bank Says GiveSendGo

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GiveSendGo Says Some Donations Sent to Truckers, Rest in 'Undisclosed US Bank'

February 19, 2022

The crowdfunding company GiveSendGo  still has some of the money people donated to the Canadian trucker  convoy protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the company said on  Feb. 18

GiveSendGo became the preferred crowdfunding site for the protesters after another platform, GoFundMe, suddenly seized donations meant for the convoy and said the money would be shunted to unnamed charities. After backlash, GoFundMe said it would automatically refund all of the donations but protesters urged people to turn to GiveSendGo because of what unfolded. GiveSendGo has run into problems in recent days, though, including being hacked in mid-February. Additionally, a Canadian court moved to freeze all donations for the convoy raised on GiveSendGo. Over $8 million had been donated; that figure is now over $9.6 million. In its update Friday titled "Where's the money?"

The truckers have received  some of the funds, the company said, but not all. The "bulk of the funds are in an undisclosed U.S. bank," GiveSendGo said. That was one of the steps taken to prevent the court-ordered freeze from taking place. "Right now, the teams involved are actively discussing the legal  options for getting the funds where they need to go," the company added. GiveSendGo did not respond to a list of emailed questions, including  exactly how much of the money has been conveyed to the truckers. The company is asking people who donated not to request a refund  because the funds "will be needed for the truckers and their legal  teams.". Organizers said that the Canadian government did not have  possession of the donations and described the court order as "a  temporary block."

"Our legal team is challenging the government's order and we are  working at ways around this," they wrote. "The best way is to continue  donating to help the truckers here on the ground and not request a  refund. We thank GiveSendFor for their commitment to ensure that the  donations flow directly to the Freedom Convoy truckers here in Ottawa." People have continued donating through Feb. 19...

GiveSendGo Says Some Donations Sent to Truckers, Rest in 'Undisclosed US Bank'
https://www.theepochtimes.com/givesendgo-says-some-donations-sent-to-truckers-rest-in-undisclosed-us-bank_4288814.html

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It seems to me if the American "patriots" who are planning a convoy had any brains they would drive down to the Mexican border and fight the aliens and the scum that are herding them over here.  They are going exactly where the government wants them to go. Canada tried this, I must ask, what difference did it make?