>> Anchor: A LOT OF US DIG
THROUGH CLOSETS AND DRAWERS FOR
ITEMS TO DONATE BEFORE YOU
DECIDE WHERE TO GIVE THEM DO
YOUR HOMEWORK.
>> Anchor: YES.
STATE IS SUING A TEXAS BASED
COMPANY SAYING IT HAD DECEPTIVE
CLOTHING BINS IN MICHIGAN AND
AROUND METRO DETROIT.
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE
DONATING TO MICHIGAN HUMANE
NON-PROFIT.
IN PARKING LOTS AROUND METRO
DETROIT AND THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN CLOTHING BINS LIKE THIS
ONE SIT READY FOR YOUR
DONATIONS.
>> THEY PICKED A CHARITY THAT
PEOPLE.
>> SIGN ON THE BIN HAS MICHIGAN
HUMANE SOCIETY LOGO ON IT.
BUT THE DONATION BINS ARE OWNED
BY AMERICAN TEXTILE RECYCLING
SERVICE OR ATRS.
BASED OUT OF TEXAS.
>> IN EVERY CITY WHERE WE
OPERATE THE CLOTHING SHOE
DONATION BINS WE PARTNER WITH A
CHARITY IN THAT TOWN AND THEY
RECEIVE PARTLY SUNNY FUNDING
COLLECTIONS.
>> Reporter: BILL SCHUETTE'S
OFFICE SAID IT SPOTD A PROBLEM
ON FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE OF THE
COMPANY.
>> WE NOTICED THAT AND CONTACTED
THEM.
THE COMPANY THAT IS RUNNING
THESE BINS AND SAID HI GUYS,
TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON.
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT THE BIN SAID.
WHICH IS 100 PERCENT OF
SOCIETY.
FILING.
WHICH IS PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR
GOING TO MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY
S AT RS TWONESS HUNDRED 51 BINS
IN MICHIGAN.
AND SCHUETTE'S OFFICE SAID THAT
DONATIONS IN 2016 GENERATED
835,000 IN REVENUE.
BUT ATRS PAID MICHIGAN HUMA
SOCIETY $49,000.
AND THAT IS JUST 6 PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL REVENUE FROM THE BINS.
>> WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
PEOPLE.
AND OPEN THEIR POCKET BOOKS.
THEY OPEN THEIR CLOSETS UP TO
HELP OTHERS.
IN THIS CASE THEY WERE DECEIVED.
>> IN APRIL THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE ORDERED ATRS TO
STOP USI DECEPTIVE STICKERS.
>> WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD WITH
A.G.'S OFFICE TO STEP-BY-STEP
COMPLY WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS
THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR
ATTENTION.
AND IN TERMS OF THE SIGNAGE AND
US.
WE RESOLVED THOSE CONCERNS
WITHIN 24 HOURS AND ARE ABLE TO
CONTINUE HAVING OUR DONATION
BINS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP WORKING
THEY HAVE.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
EXIST.
>> Reporter: BINS WE CHECKED
AROUND METRO DETROIT SHOWED
100 PERCENT PORTION.
AND THE A.G.'S OFFICE FILED A
LAWSUIT IN NOVEMBER TO GET THE
MONEY BACK FROM ATRS.
VICTIM.
HUMANE SOCIETY HAD A CONTRACT
WITH THIS COMPANY IN WHICH THEY
KNEW FUNDS THEY WOULD GET.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS.
ATRS WAS DECEPTIVE ON CHARITY
BINS IN ALLEGING 100 PERCENT OF
THE PROCEEDS FOR THESE BINS WAS
GOING TO CHARITY.
TRUE.
IMPORTANT ONE.
BUT ALONG THE WAY WE ARE HELPING
WE ARE HELPING PETS.
WE ARE HELPING THE PLANET.
IT IS A CIRCLE OF REUSE WE ARE
COMMITTED TO.
>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT ALL THE
GOOD THAT DONATION BINS DO IN
THE CAN COMMUNITY.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL EVES SAID IT
SHUT DOWN NINE CHARITIES THIS
YEAR THAT WERE SCAMS.
THE MESSAGE NOW.
>> IF YOU ARE DECEIVING MICHIGAN
SCAM GOES.
WE WILL GO AFTER YOU.
>> Reporter: THE MICHIGAN
HUMANE SOCIETY RELEASED A
STATEMENT TO DEFENDERS SAYING IT
IS AWARE OF THE A.G.'S OFFICE
INVESTIGATION INTO ATRS.
AND IT LOOKS FORWARD TO LEARNING
THE OUTCOME IN COURT.
AND ALSO SAID THAT QUOTE WE ARE
MICHIGAN'S OLDEST AND LARGEST
ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION.
AND WE TAKE THAT STATUS
SERIOUSLY F 1 OF OUR COLAB
BRATORS IS MISLEADING PEOPLE WE
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
BOTH SUPPORTERS SAKE AND FOR THE
MANY OTHER NON-PROFITS FOLLOWING
OUR LEAD.
AND WE DID PUT THEIR FULL
STATEMENT ON THE DEFENDER PAGE
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE WHEN YOU DONATE WHERE THE
DONATIONS ARE GOING CONTACT THE
CHARITY KIM DIRECTLY.
>> IT IS A SHAME THAT YOU HAVE
TO DO THAT FOR EVERY SINGLE
CHARITY.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU