SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah and the Federal Trade Commission say they have filed an agreement in federal court with Kars-R-Us.com and its operators, who are accused of having devised a national charity fraud scheme with more than $45.5 million in revenue.

According to the Utah Division of Consumer Protection, from 2017 to 2022, Utahns donated 935 vehicles and $365,671 to Kars. Nationally, more than 84,000 people donated their vehicles to Kars.

The Utah Attorney General was joined by 18 other states in the lawsuit.

Prosecutors claim that Kars and its operators, Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank, solicited charitable donations for the United Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (UBCF), a charity that claimed to assist individuals affected by breast cancer.

"Kars falsely represented that vehi

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