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Woman Accused of Pocketing $80,000 in Honor Flight Donations

Joni Nogay faces felony theft charges for appropriating donations intended to finance veteran honor flights to Washington, D.C.

Veterans at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery — The Honor Flight program is a non-profit enterprise that serves to bring U.S. military veterans to Washington, D.C., to thank them for their service. Organized by regional chapters, the veterans are flown to Washington and toured around the city to the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War memorials, and then to Arlington National Cemetery to view the changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Photo: Curt Epstein)

By Mark Huber • Contributor

July 12, 2023

A Wisconsin woman was charged on June 22 with felony theft for allegedly pocketing $80,000 her charity collected to support honor flights of military veterans to Washington, D.C. Joni Nogay, 60, faces up to 10 years in prison and $25,000 in fines if convicted. Prosecutors allege that Nogay collected $100,000 from her charity, “We Run—They Fly,” which conducts an annual 5K run in Milwaukee in support of the flights, but deposited the funds in her personal account and only disbursed $20,000 of it to the Stars and Stripes Honor Flights between 2013 and 2023.

Nogay’s attorney, Daniel Morgan Adams, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she's "dead set on making everyone harmed in this controversy whole. Joni Nogay had every intention of being a community servant, and one thing led to another," he said. "She is ready to make good on this situation.”

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