Faith Shields-Dixon, of Fargo, funneled thousands of dollars in grant monies to her relatives.
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Another activist that belongs to the embattled Black Lives Matter organization, has accepted a plea deal after accusations of misusing nonprofit funds and funneling them to businesses owned by her North Dakota family members.
According to Newsmax, Faith Shields-Dixon, founder of the Faith4Hope Scholarship Fund, agreed to plead guilty to three of five felony theft charges under an Oct. 1 plea deal. The agreement comes after years of scrutiny over alleged financial mismanagement by BLM leaders following large infusions of subsidizing.
Shields-Dixon took $350,000 in grant money for the Faith4Hope Scholarship Fund — which was earmarked to support low-income families — and channeled $124,000 to businesses with links to her relatives.
Shields-Dixon told the outlet that the details of her illegal behavior will be clarified at her sentencing hearing. She initially applied for a $1.5 million grant program in October 2021, according to court documents.
The businesses that were recipients of the funds Shields-Dixon funneled to include her father’s food stand, Diezel Double Barrel BBQ; her brother’s music and production company, Revolution Records; and Be The Light Dance Studio, which is owned by Tekeema Shields, according to court documents.
Dane DeKrey, Shields-Dixon’s attorney said that under the plea deal they will request the charges be lowered to misdemeanors with a minimum four-month jail term. The agreement also dismisses the remaining two theft counts but still requires approval from Burleigh County District Judge Bobbi Weiler before it becomes final.
The Shields-Dixon case is just the latest in a surging series of corruption charges directed against the discredited civil rights group. In September, Monica Cannon-Grant, a BLM activist in Boston, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges related to allegations that she and her late husband misappropriated more than $1 million in grants and donations.
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