{"id":1385564,"date":"2022-03-17T08:06:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385564"},"modified":"2022-03-17T08:06:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:06:16","slug":"black-lives-matter-activist-indicted-on-18-counts-of-fraud-other-federal-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-activist-indicted-on-18-counts-of-fraud-other-federal-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter Activist Indicted on 18 Counts of Fraud, Other Federal Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-lives-matter-activist-indicted-on-18-counts-of-fraud-other-federal-charge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A Boston Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who was once named \u201cBostonian of the year\u201d and her husband have been indicted on federal fraud charges.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband Clark Grant <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/16\/boston-blm-leader-husband-charged-with-fraud-conspiracy\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were both charged<\/a> for a scheme involving ripping off donors for $185,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boston social justice activist, hubby charged with fraud and conspiracy in federal indictment <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pKhv2A0IQ0\">https:\/\/t.co\/pKhv2A0IQ0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bESQiGLvID\">pic.twitter.com\/bESQiGLvID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1504149875671420937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/after-blaming-putins-price-hike-biden-now-blames-greedy-oil-companies-for-high-gas-prices\/?utm_source=home-featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After Blaming \u2018Putin\u2019s Price Hike,\u2019 Biden Now Blames \u2018Greedy\u2019 Oil Companies For High Gas Prices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Federal Indictment<\/h3>\n<p>Charges against the Grants are part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10617379\/BLM-leader-founder-anti-violence-nonprofit-indicted-using-donations-meals-trips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18-count federal indictment that also includes<\/a> wire fraud charges and making false statements to a mortgage lending business. Cannon-Grant, the founder of a nonprofit called \u201cViolence in Boston,\u201d is being accused of using the non-profit as a slush fund.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post reports that the slush fund was spent on things like shopping, rent, nail salons, and even a vacation.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail notes that the couple are also accused of wrongfully collecting over $30,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/monica-cannon-grant-violence-in-boston-nonprofit-fraud-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in pandemic unemployment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The couple was arrested at their swanky $450,000 home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BLM activist named &#8216;Bostonian of the year&#8217; whose nonprofit raised $1M is arrested alongside her husband <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2LQigPSeVM\">https:\/\/t.co\/2LQigPSeVM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YMItzeLpCr\">pic.twitter.com\/YMItzeLpCr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMail\/status\/1504076526693888000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/comptrollers-audit-finds-former-ny-governor-andrew-cuomo-misled-the-public-on-nursing-home-deaths\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comptroller\u2019s Audit Finds Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo \u2018Misled The Public\u2019 On Nursing Home Deaths<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Activism Pays<\/h3>\n<p>Monica Cannon-Grant started Violence In Boston in 2017 with just $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10617379\/BLM-leader-founder-anti-violence-nonprofit-indicted-using-donations-meals-trips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April of 2020, it had grown to $50,000<\/a> in donations. In October of 2020, Cannon-Grant began paying herself a weekly salary of $2,788, while not reporting the income.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her salary went from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s ok, you can say she\u2019s BLM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t6uq36OW6F\">https:\/\/t.co\/t6uq36OW6F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 m caserta (@michaelcaserta2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelcaserta2\/status\/1504151290179432454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/new-media-low-journalists-mock-fox-news-over-deaths-of-cameraman-producer-in-ukraine\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Media Low: Journalists Mock Fox News Over Deaths Of Cameraman, Producer In Ukraine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>BLM Has History Of Financial Questions<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first time eyebrows have been raised over the financial dealings of prominent Black Lives Matter activists.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-million-dollar-real-estate-buying-binge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April of 2021, BLM co-founder<\/a> Patrice Khan-Cullors faced scrutiny over the purchase of four luxury homes collectively priced at around $3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Khan-Cullors who has described herself as a Marxist, purchased pricey homes in the Los Angeles area. Other BLM activists questioned Khan-Cullors spending, including the head of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City. Hawk Newsome.<\/p>\n<p>Newsome demanded an investigation,\u00a0saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes. It\u2019s really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it\u2019s the people that carry this movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Monica Cannon-Grant, a famous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> leader in the Boston-area who raised more than a million dollars for her group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViolenceNBoston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@violencenboston<\/a> over spreading panic about white supremacy, has been federally indicted for fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLM?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9h8KwTMANK\">https:\/\/t.co\/9h8KwTMANK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1504120652894285827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Boston Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who was once named \u201cBostonian of the year\u201d and her husband have been indicted on federal fraud charges. 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