A Pleasant Hill woman was given over two years in federal prison for embezzling from a Walnut Creek based charity for underserved youth, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Carrie Lynn Grant, 62, embezzled over $1.6 million between 2017 and 2023 when she worked as finance manager for a nonprofit organization that provided educational materials and programs for young people, prosecutors said. She pleaded guilty to wire fraud in August.
According to the DOJ, Grant deposited money from the charity into her own personal bank account and created fake records to cover her tracks. She spent the money on first-class plane tickets to luxury vacations, floor seats at a Golden State Warriors game, box seats at a San Francisco 49ers game and a condo in Hawaii. Grant was given 27 months in federal prison for her crimes and will also be ordered to pay restitution. She is scheduled to begin her prison term on March 9.
At least for this county, we can still have Faith and TRUST
in both DOJ and Federal Courts to enforce laws ! !
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Do a web search using candidates “name” and “soros”.
There will be coal in your stocking!
That’s over a quarter million each year for 6 years. Other resources in that charity need to be held accountable for allowing this to happen.
Every underserved youth who was in that program should get a free whack with a baseball bat. Then send her to jail.
Why did it take so long for anyone to catch on that the soulless inhuman criminal was stealing money intended for kids?
Sounds like a similar scam that Ilhan Omar was running in Minnesota! Both these women should have to pay back the money however they can while on daily work release from federal prison for life!
I doubt she has a $1.6 million house. She squandered the money on 1 time events. How is she going to earn the money to pay back when she is in jail or after she is out?
Well presumably she’ll have many years of life left after being released, which means she’ll need an income. If she has an income, then that’s money that will go towards paying the charity back
Almost all charities are scamming, only 1% goes to where its supposed to and its written off as administrative fees. She must have not been a higher up and was thrown under the bus for skimming. stand up 2 cancer and mothers against drunk drivers are big time scammers that skim off the top and keep asking for more
Overhead charged depends on which charity. Check them out with sites like http://www.charitynavigator.org