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BLM activist named 'Bostonian of the year' whose nonprofit raised $1M is charged with squandering much of it on rent arrears, $1,200 hotel stay and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack after being arrested at her $450,000 home
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]  - Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, and her husband Clark Grant, 38, of Taunton, used Violence in Boston Inc. funds to pay for personal expenses
- Those included outings at Shake Shack, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and other restaurants, while they also booked a vacation to Maryland
- They also fraudulently applied for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while having other sources of income and lied about their mortgage
- Both were charged in an 18-count indictment with wire fraud, conspiracy, and making false statements to a mortgage lending business
- On Tuesday, Cannon-Grant appeared in a Boston federal court for her indictment
- Both have made more than $100,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, while Cannon-Grant also made $33,426 in 'diversity' consulting fees
- Cannon-Grant's activism has previously earned her numerous accolades, such as Boston Globe Magazine's Bostonian of the Year award in 2020
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-03-17 |
