Mortenson's Lawsuit Settled

On Thursday, a lawsuit against Greg Mortenson was settled allowing Mortenson to stay with the charity, but he has to pay $1 million within the next three years. Over time he has used a lot of the charity’s money to promote and buy his books. The charity spent $4.9 million advertising Mortenson’s books and another $4 million in donations to schools and libraries. The institute is still allowed to build schools, but there will be some changes. Mortenson left his position as executive director but is still an employee, and has paid around half of the funds. Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones into Schools," made best seller lists and toured the country to talk about his books and work. He used the charity’s money to afford the travels. Hopefully with the new changes, donations to the charity will be used the most efficiently.

                                                                              

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