Briana’s Foundation

When I Googled Zaki Tamir I found a fascinating article on Pix11 news that demonstrates Zaki Tamir’s moral compass. I definitely recommend reading that article in its entirety but I’ll summarize it here.

Briana Ojeda tragically died after she suffered an asthma attack and a police officer stopped her mother from reaching the hospital in time to save her life. Briana’s parents, Carmen and Michael, decided to create a foundation in honor of Briana and they were introduced to Zaki Tamir as the lawyer to do it for them. Zaki told them to bring $5k to start the work but made them believe he know plenty of wealthy philanthropists and that he would ensure they raise millions of dollars within a couple days. His hourly fees notwithstanding, Zaki told them he wants 10% of money given to the charity!

Not only did Zaki not end up raising that money (the article mentions less than $2k total in donations) he also refused to refund the remainder of their deposit, sending them a bill for over $7k. One line item is especially shocking - $1,680 for a “board meeting” and “promo taping” for appearing on a weekly web show with them that they didn’t know he would be attending.