The activist of “Black Lives Matter” was accused of fraud and is now requesting a speedy trial to challenge the allegations against her, according to a report.
A Boston anti-violence nonprofit activist Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, has been accused of fraudulent. The head of Violence in Boston, and her husband, Clark Grant, 38, are accused of using the nonprofit “as a vehicle to personally enrich themselves and their designees,” according to a federal accusation unsealed on March 15.
The 38-page long accusation claims that the couple demanded and received millions of dollars for the charity that received increased awareness over the death of George Floyd who died in 2020 in Minneapolis at the hand of 4 police officers. The main accused has been pleaded guilty, a couple of days earlier.
The alleged couple has not submitted the appropriate tax document to the stated Attorney General’s nonprofit supervision office since 2019, according to the Federal prosecutors
Cannon-Grant claimed in the public that she has not received a salary from nonprofit work, but allegedly it has been paid to herself a huge amount of money.
Furthermore, she was also accused of instructing co-conspirators to apply for public and private grants for the charity that were instead used to pay for the couple’s expenses.
Cannon-Grant use the money to pay the rent she received a $10,400 donated by an unidentified department store, to the hungry children, those funds have been laundered.
Monica Cannon-Grant’s attorney filed a new petition, on Wednesday, which condemned the allegations and stated, “Ms. Cannon-Grant has been immeasurably prejudiced and punished by the indictment alone, and she seeks a trial on the earliest practical date to challenge the government’s accusations,” the filing says.
