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THEY WERE CONTESTANTS IN A
BEAUTY CONTEST AND RAISED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SICK
KIDS.
NOW THE CONTESTANTS ARE ASKING,
THERE WAS THE MONEY AND WAS THE
CONTEST A CON?
HERE IS OUR INVESTIGATOR, DAVE
SAVINI.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE
AND TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE RAISING
MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE AND PUT
IT IN YOUR OWN POCKET.
Reporter: THE MAN ONSTAGE,
DERREK LEE, IS THE MAN THAT SHE
IS TALKING ABOUT.
SHE WANTS AN INVESTIGATION INTO
LEE.
HE RAN THE MISS ILLINOIS UNITED
STATES COMPETITION IN 2015.
THE PAGEANTS ARE ABOUT
GETTING BACK.
Reporter: KIM GIULIANI AND
HER DAUGHTER, SAVANNA, WHERE
LEE'S VOLUNTEERS DURING THE
PAGEANT.
THEY SAY THAT LEE SOLD HUNDREDS
OF TICKETS TO THE EVENT AND
USED A WELL-KNOWN CHARITY TO
PROMOTE A SPECIAL MISS
PHOTOGENIC ONLINE COMPETITION.
THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
OF CHICAGO.
A RELATED FACEBOOK PAGE USES
THE HOSPITAL'S LOGO, HAVE
CHILDREN AND THIS EMAIL FROM
LEE EXPLAINING HOW THE PROCEEDS
WILL BE DONATED.
YOU THINK HE SCAMMED THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMPETITION?
CORRECT THAT AND ALSO PLAYED
ON THEIR EMOTIONS.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
HOSPITAL, THEY NEVER GAVE LEE
THEIR NAME TO USE TO SOLICIT
MONEY.
ONE YEAR LATER, NO ONE KNOWS
HOW MUCH MONEY HE COLLECTED.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT
THEIR APPROVAL.
I WAS A FIRST-YEAR DIRECTOR.
I MADE THE MISTAKES.
Reporter: HE WOULD NOT TELL
US HOW HE MADE THE MONEY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
REGISTERED?
A NONPROFIT?
HAS ANY OF THIS STUFF BEEN
DONE?
DID CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GET
THAT MONEY?
NO.
Reporter: LAST WEEK WE FOUND
HIM MANAGING ANOTHER PAGEANT
FOR KIDS.
AT THE EVENT, THE COOK COUNTY
STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SERVED HIM WITH A SUBPOENA.
HE IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY
THEIR CONSUMER FRAUD DIVISION.
THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS ALSO INVESTIGATING WHETHER
LEE MISSPENT CHARITABLE MONEY.
THIS WAS MONEY THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO GO TO A CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
SICK KIDS.
WHAT KIND OF A PERSON RAISES
MONEY AND SAYS IT IS FOR SICK
KIDS AND DOES NOT GIVE IT TO
THEM?
SOMEBODY WITHOUT A HEART.
IT IS DISGUSTING.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF CHILDREN
COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT
AND WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING
HOW THAT MONEY COULD HAVE
HELPED THEM.
SEVEN MONTHS POST PAGEANT
AFTER THE WHISTLE WAS BLOWN,
LEE GAVE $100 TO THE CHARITY.
HE DENIES WRONGDOING AND IS
ALSO ACCUSED OF OWING MONEY TO
PAST CONTESTANTS AND $4000 TO
THE COMPANY THAT CREATED THE
VIDEO WE SHOWED YOU.