FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police, the state labor commissioner, and the IRS are all investigating a Fresno human trafficking charity accused of financial mismanagement and exploiting survivors.
"When you have survivors using their personal, God-given gifts to uplift and support your business without compensating them, that's re-exploitation," said former Made For Them employee Joy Jones.
In the 11 years since Made For Them registered as a nonprofit to help human trafficking survivors, the organization built a strong fundraising operation.
From the Festival of Trees at River Park each Christmas season to Fight with Fashion events emceed by ABC30 reporters and anchors, executive director Andrea Shabaglian didn't shy away from cameras to broadcast her message.
"Made for Them would like our Central Valley to know that we need the community to support us and our work," she told Action News in an October 2020 interview at a fundraiser
She's kept a lower profile since a former employee blew the whistle on alleged mismanagement of money, potential tax evasion, and unethical treatment of survivors who asked her organization for help.
"Your means can't justify the ends when victims and survivors' livelihoods are at stake," said Ashleigh Rocker-Greene, a former associate director and interim executive director at Made For Them.
Rocker-Greene shared inside information with the state's attorney general, the labor commissioner, Fresno police, and the IRS.
She accuses Shabaglian of...
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