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Black Lives Matter leader accused of siphoning off $10 million
2022-09-03
[Washington Examiner] The leader of the national Black Lives Matter group has been accused of stealing more than $10 million from the charity’s donors.

Black Lives Matter Grassroots, a nonprofit group that represents local BLM chapters across the country, accused the BLM Global Network Foundation and its board secretary, Shalomyah Bowers, in a lawsuit Thursday of fraudulently siphoning over $10 million in "fees" to Bowers’s consulting firm. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says Bowers treated the BLM Global Network Foundation as his "personal piggy bank" and has acted as a "rogue administrator" and "middle man turned usurper."

The BLM Global Network Foundation represents the national BLM movement and was the entity that received over $90 million in the wake of George Floyd’s police killing in the summer of 2020. Bowers is a close associate of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who resigned from the BLM Global Network Foundation in May 2021 amid scrutiny of her personal real estate purchases.

The lawsuit was announced Thursday at a press conference hosted by BLM-Los Angeles co-founder Melina Abdullah, who accused Bowers of shutting her and other leaders out of social media accounts in March.
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BLM Global Network Foundation: 2022-04-26 Black Lives Matter PAC siphoned away almost ALL of its $116,000 cash reserves in the first three months of 2022 - with the largest chunk of funds going to a firm owned by a BLM board member
BLM Global Network Foundation: 2021-05-28 BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors To Step Down Following DCNF Reports Of Potential Self-Dealing
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Shalomyah Bowers: 2022-05-17 Black Lives Matter has nearly $42 million in assets: IRS documents
Shalomyah Bowers: 2022-04-26 Black Lives Matter PAC siphoned away almost ALL of its $116,000 cash reserves in the first three months of 2022 - with the largest chunk of funds going to a firm owned by a BLM board member
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Posted by:Besoeker

#11  BLM leader is accused of pilfering $10M from the organization by local chapters who say he used it like 'personal piggy bank' in explosive lawsuit
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-03 22:57  

#10  That's a lot of Subway Footlongs.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-03 14:35  

#9   Like the Big Gut

Big Guy. PIMF!!
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-09-03 10:51  

#8  No biggie. Like the Big Gut, he’s just taking his 10%. From the article:

Abdullah estimates that the BLM Global Network Foundation’s financial accounts hold in the region of $100 million.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-09-03 09:36  

#7  Given what I've seen in Chicago and Phiadelphia et. al. I have to ask, "To whom do Black Lives Matter?"
Posted by: AlanC   2022-09-03 08:56  

#6  

also begs another question.
How much of this $10M ended up in LSD Campaign related funds and activities?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-09-03 07:31  

#5  No comments from the US Justice Department ?

No they're still examining Melania's underwear, B.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-09-03 06:42  

#4  'Uncle Tom II' uses neglected cell phone video to expose violent side of BLM media ignored
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-03 05:58  

#3  Ahhhh, so THAT'S why they hired 87,000 new IRS agents. I wonder if Lois Lerner will come out of retirement.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-09-03 04:08  

#2  DoJ promises to comment once they get off their knees.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-03 03:06  

#1  No comments from the US Justice Department ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-03 03:03  

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