Vets fundraiser who vanished re-emerges

Vets fundraiser who vanished re-emerges

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Mar 16, 2010 13:53:28 EDT

A Maryland man who vanished in January 2009 with thousands of dollars that he raised for a presidential inaugural ball for veterans that never happened — leaving sponsors, entertainers and ticketholders in the lurch — is back.

Using a slightly different variation of his name, D. Dante Anthony Hayes is trying to raise money for a “Maryland Armed Forces” event, seeking to sign up military organizations to sponsor a combination benefit concert and fashion show that he claims will be held May 22 in a Baltimore park.

Hayes, who uses multiple addresses in Maryland and the District of Columbia, is the director of a nonprofit group that he formed called the Congressional Education Foundation for Public Policy. His pitch this time is about the same as last time, asking military organizations to lend their names to his event in return for a promised 10 percent of the proceeds.
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Vets fundraiser who vanished re emerges