On March 1, 2010 The New York Daily News reported that:

Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.While the video by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles seemed to show three ACORN workers advising a prostitute how to hide ill-gotten gains, the unedited version was not as clear, according to a law enforcement source."They edited the tape to meet their agenda," said the source."On Sept. 15, 2009, my office began an investigation into possible criminality on ...