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flag Two San Diego men pleaded guilty to running a fake charity that stole $3.5 million from stadium concessions, diverting funds from promised youth softball programs.

flag Two San Diego men, Noly Hermoso Ilarde and Martin Jose Rebollo Jr., have pleaded guilty to federal charges for running a fake charity, "Chula Vista Fast Pitch," which collected over $3.5 million from concession sales at Petco Park and Snapdragon Stadium between 2016 and 2023. flag They falsely claimed the funds would support youth softball, but instead kept most of the money, with Ilarde profiting $550,000 and Rebollo over $1.5 million. flag No funds went to charity; only some money was paid to workers. flag The real charity with a similar name had dissolved in 2014. flag Both face additional charges for tax and social security fraud. flag The scheme was exposed by investigative reporting in 2023.

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