Dallas Escorts: Bank of America severs ACORN ties
Bank of America Corp. is cutting off ties to ACORN amid allegations against the housing and community activist group related to taxes, use of federal money and giving advice to people posing as pimps and prostitutes.
Bank of America employs 8,000 people in Dallas-Fort Worth and is ranked as the 14th largest employer in the D-FW area, according to the Dallas Business Journal ’s 2009 Book of Lists.
“Bank of America takes recent allegations made against ACORN and ACORN Housing Corp. employees very seriously. We are conducting our own assessment of the operations of the organizations and will consider the findings of the independent auditor hired by ACORN,” said BofA spokesman Richard Simon in an e-mailed statement. “Until we are satisfied that all issues have been resolved, we are suspending current commitments to ACORN Housing and will not enter into any further agreements with ACORN or any of its affiliates.”