Conscience Fund
comentada em 21/09/2016 15:04

"The Conscience Fund is an account the United States Treasury Department created to accept gifts of money from people. The U.S. Treasury created this fund or account for people who have stolen money or have committed fraud against the U.S. government and have a guilty conscience. To make ourselves feel better, those who have committed fraud can donate or give money to the Conscience Fund without giving any details or identifying who they are.
The Conscience Fund first began in 1811 when the government received $5 from someone who said he had defrauded the government. Since 1811, the fund has collected over $7 million, receiving about $200,000 a year. The money is put into the government’s general fund and used for general expenses.
Most people send in money anonymously. Some money is sent without any note at all, as in the case of a $155,000 gift from someone in 1990. But others have included a note to explain their transgression ."