Actually, the "lowest" any criminal can get is when they take a human life with the money motive being the reason for the murder.
I mean, is anyone really surprised the criminal elements would use that conflict to do what we are being informed about by the FBI?
Truthfully, charities have been a target of scams for a very long time, and even before these Net crimes came about.
Criminal folks just ain't too cool. But I should be very careful. I've never been convicted in a court of law, but I have been jailed a few times for fighting. And a couple of those times was for fighting law enforcement folks that had gone too far while doing their job. Last time, though, I didn't know the fella was an undercover cop.
Point is that maybe I am a semi-criminal. I smoked a joint once many, many years ago when that was illegal. Funny, too, as that was with a cop; an MP.
Anyway, using charities for cover in a criminal manner to get money is nothing new.