St. Louis, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed a lawsuit to prevent a St. Louis man who has captured multiple Web site addresses in the name of Hurricane Katrina relief from misleading consumers and redirecting money collected to anti-Semitic and racist organizations. The lawsuit, filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, seeks to freeze the assets of Frank Weltner — a self-proclaimed white separatist — and prohibit him from soliciting funds under the guise of hurricane relief. Nixon is also asking the court to order the shutdown of the Web site internetdonations.org, which serves as a central collection point for at least 10 Weltner-operated Web sites with hurricane relief-related themes. Weltner also operates a Web site known as "Jew Watch," a widely regarded anti-Semitic hate speech site, which collects donations through internetdonations.org. "It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site," Nixon said. "Donors to the thousands of legitimate and worthwhile charities providing hurricane relief need to be reassured that their hard-earned dollars are going toward their intended purpose, and flim-flam artists working this tragedy for personal gain will not be tolerated."

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS CITY STATE OF MISSOURI STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel. ) JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON ) Attorney General, )) Plaintiff, )) Case No: vs. )) Division: INTERNET DONATIONS, INC., )) and )) FRANK WELTNER, )) Defendants . )) SPECIAL PROCESS
STATEMENT OF FACTS
 13. From a date unknown, but since at least September 2, 2005, Defendants and their employees, agents, representatives or contractors have solicited contributions for charitable donations for Hurricane Katrina relief.
14. Defendants and their employees, agents, representatives or contractors solicit contributions through various websites, including, but not limited to, the following: http://www.katrinafund.name/ http://www.katrinafund.ws/ http://www.neworleanscharities.com/ http://www.donate-katrina.com/ http://www.christiandonations.org/ http://www.parishdonations.com/ -7- http://www.clergydonations.com/ http://www.katrinafamilies.com/ http://www.katrina-donations.com/ http://www.internetdonations.us/
15. All of the websites listed in the previous paragraph ultimately are linked to http://www.internetdonations.org/, the website of Defendant Internet Donations, Inc.
16. None of the Defendants or their websites are registered as a charitable organization or as a professional fund-raiser with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office.
17. Defendants are not properly registered as tax exempt entities and hold no tax exempt status.
18. When soliciting charitable contributions, Defendants fail to inform consumers that they are not properly registered as tax exempt entities and hold no tax exempt status.
19. When soliciting charitable contributions, Defendants omit the material fact that consumers’ donations are not tax deductible.
20. Upon information and belief, all of Defendants’ websites are operated by Defendants Internet Donations, Inc. and Defendant Welkner, and others at Defendants’ direction and control.
21. Based upon the review websites www.jewwatch.com and www.frankweltner.com (which both connect by hyperlink to www.internetdonations.org) based upon information and belief, Defendants are associated with and espouse the views of white supremacists.
22. Upon information and belief, Defendants do not intend to utilize any of the moneys received through charitable solicitations for the benefit of non-white victims of Hurricane Katrina.
23. When soliciting charitable contributions, Defendants omit the material fact that the charitable donations will be used for hurricane relief for white victims only.

Weltner is now prohibited from soliciting charitable donations in Missouri or acting as a professional fundraiser for charitable purposes. The ruling also placed a freeze on the accounts he used to collect funds from the Katrina-related Web sites. He was also ordered to disclose an account of all donations made and any withdrawals or disbursements.