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Cuomo: Great Neck family's fake charity swindled donors

Quick ReadThe AG's office said the Winston family set up a nonprofit corporation that allegedly charged credit cards without permission.

The house of a Great Neck family that

Photo credit: Uli Seit | The house of a Great Neck family that is accused of setting up a fake breast cancer charity and swindling donors out of more than a half a million dollars. (April 15, 2010)

A Great Neck family set up a fake breast cancer charity and used it to swindle donors out of more than $500,000 - some of which went to support a lavish lifestyle, according to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office.

The AG's office said Wednesday that David and Mindy Winston, along with their three adult children, set up a nonprofit corporation called the Coalition for Breast Cancer...

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