Operation Underground Railroad, the anti-trafficking nonprofit founded by Tim Ballard, denies reports that it misled donors by letting them believe the group engages in child rescue missions when it no longer does. Tim Ballard, who parted ways with OUR, posted a video explaining the 'couples ruse,' where women would pose as the wife of an operative on a rescue mission. And the head legal counsel for OUR resigned.
OUR says it engages in several rescues a week. The group’s founder releases a video about how women would pose as spouses on operations in order to liberate children.
A statement Tuesday to The Salt Lake Tribune said that the organization “is conducting on average multiple missions a week in operations.” The assertion comes in response to statements made by two former employees in interviews with investigators from the FBI and Davis County attorney’s office that Matt Osborne, the head of OUR since it parted ways with its founder, Tim Ballard,Essentially, the former high-ranking employees said, OUR was letting donors believe their money was funding rescue missions, when the money was actually being given to law enforcement and other nonprofit organizations, with OUR taking a portion to pay OUR...
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