BLM Leader and Boston’s Woman of the Year is Arrested, Indicted on Federal Charges for Squandering $1 Million in Donations on Hotels, a New Home and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (VIDEO)
March 16, 2022
A Black Lives Matter activist and the Boston Globe‘s Woman of the Year was indicted on Tuesday on federal charges for squandering much of her $1 million from her nonprofit on expensive hotel stays, vacations, and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Monica Cannon Grant also raised her salary from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.
The founders of Violence In Boston allegedly used donations to the nonprofit on personal expenses, such as travel, restaurants, and nail salons.
Cannon-Grant, 41, and Clark Grant, 38, were charged in an 18-count indictment alleging the couple spent financial donations to the nonprofit on themselves, using the cash to pay for hotel reservations, gas, restaurant meals, food deliveries, nail salon services, and personal travel, while concealing their transactions from bookkeepers, directors, and financial auditors.
The two also received roughly $100,000 in unemployment benefits they were not entitled to, officials allege.
Both were charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of conspiracy, 13 counts of wire fraud, and one count of making false statements to a mortgage lending business, according to Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office.
The Daily Mail reported:
A BLM activist has been charged over a huge fraud which is said to have included blowing a grant intended for young men at risk of violence on trips to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Shake Shack and a nail salon.
Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, is also said to have paid herself $2,700-a-week and treated herself to a $450,000 five-bed house in Taunton, Massachusetts, last year.
She is accused of using much of the $1 million raised by her nonprofit Violence in Boston Inc for good causes. Her salary jumped from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.
Cannon-Grant – once named a Bostonian of the Year by the prestigious Boston Globe newspaper – was arrested at her spacious home last week.
She appeared in a federal court Monday alongside husband Clark Grant, 38, with the pair facing 18 separate criminal counts dating from 2017 to July 2021. She has denied all allegations made against her.
Judge Judith Dein raised eyebrows after releasing Cannon-Grant on her own recognizance and saying she could continue to work for Violence in Boston – the nonprofit she’s accused of using as a front for her crimes – but that she must not be involved in its finances.
The couple are said to have misappropriated grants intended for their charity, including a $6,000 check given to them by Suffolk District Attorney’s office in June 2019, intended to be spent on a retreat for young men feared to be at risk of falling into crime.
Instead, Cannon-Grant and Grant treated themselves to meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack, and a three night break to Maryland that included a $1,200 hotel stay, it is claimed.
In federal court in Boston that afternoon, Judge Judith Dein ordered Cannon-Grant released on personal recognizance, with conditions set around her employment and volunteer work.
Cannon-Grant is barred from applying for any loans, grants, or employment benefits under those terms. She is also prohibited from working any position — as either an employee or volunteer — that allows her access to an organization’s finances.
Prosecutors and Bill Connolly, an attorney representing Cannon-Grant, were set to work out parameters for how Cannon-Grant can continue working at Violence In Boston without access to the organization’s funding.
“If you have any questions about whether or not you should be engaging in any work or other activities, consult with probation or your counsel beforehand, so we don’t end up in a problem,” Dein told Cannon-Grant.
An arraignment is set to be scheduled for sometime next week.
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March 16, 2022
A Black Lives Matter activist and the Boston Globe‘s Woman of the Year was indicted on Tuesday on federal charges for squandering much of her $1 million from her nonprofit on expensive hotel stays, vacations, and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Monica Cannon Grant also raised her salary from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.
The founders of Violence In Boston allegedly used donations to the nonprofit on personal expenses, such as travel, restaurants, and nail salons.
Cannon-Grant, 41, and Clark Grant, 38, were charged in an 18-count indictment alleging the couple spent financial donations to the nonprofit on themselves, using the cash to pay for hotel reservations, gas, restaurant meals, food deliveries, nail salon services, and personal travel, while concealing their transactions from bookkeepers, directors, and financial auditors.
The two also received roughly $100,000 in unemployment benefits they were not entitled to, officials allege.
Both were charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of conspiracy, 13 counts of wire fraud, and one count of making false statements to a mortgage lending business, according to Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office.
The Daily Mail reported:
A BLM activist has been charged over a huge fraud which is said to have included blowing a grant intended for young men at risk of violence on trips to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Shake Shack and a nail salon.
Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, is also said to have paid herself $2,700-a-week and treated herself to a $450,000 five-bed house in Taunton, Massachusetts, last year.
She is accused of using much of the $1 million raised by her nonprofit Violence in Boston Inc for good causes. Her salary jumped from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.
Cannon-Grant – once named a Bostonian of the Year by the prestigious Boston Globe newspaper – was arrested at her spacious home last week.
She appeared in a federal court Monday alongside husband Clark Grant, 38, with the pair facing 18 separate criminal counts dating from 2017 to July 2021. She has denied all allegations made against her.
Judge Judith Dein raised eyebrows after releasing Cannon-Grant on her own recognizance and saying she could continue to work for Violence in Boston – the nonprofit she’s accused of using as a front for her crimes – but that she must not be involved in its finances.
The couple are said to have misappropriated grants intended for their charity, including a $6,000 check given to them by Suffolk District Attorney’s office in June 2019, intended to be spent on a retreat for young men feared to be at risk of falling into crime.
Instead, Cannon-Grant and Grant treated themselves to meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack, and a three night break to Maryland that included a $1,200 hotel stay, it is claimed.
In federal court in Boston that afternoon, Judge Judith Dein ordered Cannon-Grant released on personal recognizance, with conditions set around her employment and volunteer work.
Cannon-Grant is barred from applying for any loans, grants, or employment benefits under those terms. She is also prohibited from working any position — as either an employee or volunteer — that allows her access to an organization’s finances.
Prosecutors and Bill Connolly, an attorney representing Cannon-Grant, were set to work out parameters for how Cannon-Grant can continue working at Violence In Boston without access to the organization’s funding.
“If you have any questions about whether or not you should be engaging in any work or other activities, consult with probation or your counsel beforehand, so we don’t end up in a problem,” Dein told Cannon-Grant.
An arraignment is set to be scheduled for sometime next week.
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