The $10 million a year "legal aid" shell game by the Virginia State Bar raises many corruption suspicions.
http://www.vsb.org/site/about/79th_annual_report_2017
§ 17.1-278. Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar.
In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and subdivision A 13 of § 17.1-275 and to be collected by the clerk of the circuit or general district court upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions in such courts, the following additional fees shall be collected in all cities and counties in which civil legal representation is provided for the poor, without charge, by a non-profit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar: (i) upon commencement of a civil action in such circuit court, an additional fee of $10 and (ii) upon commencement of a civil action in such general district court, an additional fee of $10.
The additional fees prescribed by this action shall be collected by the clerk at the time of the filing. The amounts so collected shall be paid by the clerk to the state treasury and credited as follows: (i) $9 to a special fund within the Virginia State Bar fund to be designated the Legal Aid Services Fund, and (ii) $1 to the general fund for funding of the district courts of the Commonwealth. Such amount for the district courts shall be used to assist indigent litigants. Such amounts credited to the Legal Aid Services Fund shall be disbursed by the Virginia State Bar by check from the State Treasurer upon a warrant of the Comptroller to non-profit legal aid programs organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar through the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia to assist in defraying the costs of such programs. However, the additional fees prescribed by this section shall not be collected in actions initiated by any local government or by the Commonwealth.
Whenever you hear the word "corporation" combined with "legal services" it rings a loud bell.
Why is the Virginia State Bar distributing the public's money, not attorneys' dues to private corporations and Non-Government Organizations?
Why are the Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Supreme Court and the other Virginia courts failing to distributing the Virginia Taxpayers' and the Public's funds directly to these private legal aid charities?
How much of Virginia Taxpayers' funds and the Public's funds paid to the Virginia State Treasurer are being wasted and squandered by the:
1. Private legal aid corporations; and
2. Other private corporations by engaging in this shell game using the Virginia State Bar to launder the funds the Virginia Taxpayers' & Public's funds?
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