From a Seattle Times story:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021694272_appamagazinescam2ndldwritethru.html
A western Pennsylvania woman pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday in what federal prosecutors say was a $2 million scheme to sell phony magazine subscriptions door-to-door using sob stories claiming the sales benefited the military, children's hospitals, single mothers or ex-cons looking to turn over a new leaf.