A Black Lives Matter fraudster who scammed donors out of thousands to fund her own extravagant lifestyle has been sentenced to just 18 months in prison.
Monica Cannon-Grant was federally charged alongside her husband, Clark Grant, in 2022 for 27 counts of 18 fraud-related crimes connected with her nonprofit.
The 44-year-old scammer agreed to a plea bargain in exchange for a dismissal of nine counts related to mortgage fraud allegations.
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The fraudster received the bare minimum sentence of 18 months after swindling thousands of dollars in donations to pay for her lavish personal expenses.
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The couple operated the nonprofit Violence in Boston Inc. in 2017 with the stated purpose of ‘improving the quality of life and outcomes of individuals from disenfranchised communities.’
The nonprofit raised over $1 million and received nearly $60,000 in pandemic relief funds to provide meals for underprivileged people, according to the Boston Globe.
Instead, the money was spent on meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., vacations, trips to a nail salon, a car and even rent on the family’s apartment.
The couple was additionally accused of hiding their income to fraudulently acquire $12,600 in rental assistance funds. This was around the same time they were buying a new home.
Cannon-Grant was also accused of paying herself $2,788 a week from her charity starting in October 2020, contradicting public statements and her report to the IRS that she received no salary.
‘Unemployment caught my a**. Asked me to provide documents by June, unless I’ll have to pay it all back,’ she texted her husband on March 26, 2021, according to authorities.
The 2020 Bostonian of the year was also accused of directing co-conspirators to apply for public and private grants for her charity and spending that money on living expenses.
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