The owner of United Furniture Industries has been noted for his philanthropic efforts in past years — even as he has landed in legal scraps and contentious bankruptcy proceedings, according to news reports and court documents.yanking jobs and health insurance for his 2,700 workers
In 2008, he established the Belford Family Charitable Fund, which supports children’s organizations including Flying Horse Farms, a camp for ill children that he and his wife, Jenni, co-founded. He is listed as the founder and owner of the camp along with his investment firm Stage Capital.
The Belford family donated $10 million to establish a spinal cord injury research center at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.American Freight alleged that Belford and Rink “poached” its employees and began systematically opening Surplus Freight furniture stores – which had previously been located in Canada – in the US and in key American Freight markets.
Nice one
sounds like a scam.