Monica Cannon-Grant was supposed to help lower violence in Boston. Instead, she used the money to live it up with nice vacations, fancy hotels and paying her car loan.
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She was an admired Boston activist closely linked to Black Lives Matter, with an alleged goal of reducing violence and leading young people towards a path of good, peace and education.
But Monica Cannon-Grant, the founder of the nonprofit Violence in Boston, pleaded guilty to conning private donors and government officials out of thousands of dollars. She used the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle of nice hotels, fancy dinners, luxurious vacations, nail salons and paying off her car loan and other private expenses.
Cannon-Grant faces two years behind bars, according to The Washington Times. During her heyday, which was throughout the Black Lives Matter and Antifa violent riots, the 44-year-old activist was named Globe Magazine’s Bostonian of the Year in 2020. According to prosecutors, she was able to swindle the federal government into giving her almost $54,000 in COVID-19-related relief funds.
Prosecutors said Cannon-Grant used that money to pay off her car loan and car insurance. Her convictions merited at least two years in a federal prison. But the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts is seeking only 18 to 24 months. Court documents acknowledged this recommendation was at the low end of the sentencing guidelines.
🚨NEW: Indicted Black Lives Matter grifter Monica Cannon-Grant, pleading guilty to 27 counts of fraud, spending the money donated to her race hustle, “Violence in Boston” on herself.
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“Monica Cannon-Grant repeatedly scammed multiple public financial programs and stole money donated by members of the public who believed their donations would aid in reducing violence and promote social awareness,” U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement.
“Instead, Cannon-Grant used donations to satisfy her own greed, while falsely portraying herself as a legitimate nonprofit organizer,” she said. According to The Times, the Violence in Boston group took in more than $1 million in donations during the fraud scheme that lasted from 2017 to 2020.
Cannon-Grant’s nonprofit, which was created to lower violence, raise social awareness and help community causes, shut down in 2022 after she and her husband, Clark Grant, were indicted for fraud. But the charges were dropped against him a year later after he died in a motorcycle crash.
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