BLM activist Monica Cannon-Grant investigated for peculating charity funds

Monica Cannon-Grant, the founder and CEO of the non-profit group Violence in Boston, in addition to a distinguished Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist in Boston, is being investigated by federal businesses for allegedly embezzling funds from her multimillion-dollar basis.

Boston #BLM chief Monica Cannon-Grant is underneath federal investigation for alleged fraudulent use of donations to her multi-million greenback nonprofit @ViolenceNBoston. In October her husband was arrested for unemployment fraud & their household house was raided.https://t.co/LzTs24MOss

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 10, 2022

Monica rose to prominence in Boston BLM actions after the dying of George Floyd in Might 2020. When the 2 have been on the Boston Metropolis Council, she allegedly formed a decent working reference to Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

Monica additionally supported former Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III throughout his failed Senate marketing campaign in 2020.

She acknowledged in a talk that she has been underneath inquiry since October. In October 2021, federal officers detained and raided her husband Clark Grant’s home after he was accused of COVID-19 unemployment fraud and mortgage fraud.

Clark Grant is now accused of illegally figuring out Violence in Boston’s checking account as his personal private property whereas submitting for a $402,573 mortgage in Might 2021, in keeping with the lawsuit.

Federal prosecutors are wanting into whether or not any of the donations made to Monica’s group have been used to cowl her private expenditures.

In February this yr, the nationwide BLM group received admonitions of authorized motion by authorities from California and Washington for failing to declare its 2020 financials. The BLM World Community Basis knowingly and willingly ceased fundraising after a Washington Examiner investigation found that the group has had no identified chief accountable for the tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} it raised in 2020 since Might.

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter is a dispersed political and social motion that claims to boost consciousness of racism, discrimination, and injustice confronted by black folks. On Might 25, 2020, a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, murdered a 46-year-old black man, George Floyd, by kneeling on the previous’s neck for greater than 8 minutes till his physique misplaced consciousness. Floyd was reported to the cops by a shopkeeper for allegedly trying to go a ‘potential counterfeit invoice.’ He was declared lifeless upon arrival on the Hennepin County Medical Middle.

The occasion sparked main demonstrations and rioting throughout the US of America, led by the Black Lives Matter motion. Unmanned storefront home windows have been shattered. The violent protesters looted and broken a number of companies and boutiques across the nation.