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A well-known community and social justice activist who founded a Boston nonprofit<\/a> to reduce violence and who was once was lauded as “Bostonian of the Year” avoided jail time in a federal fraud case, the Justice Department said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty September 2025 to 18 of the 27 counts, including wire fraud, mail fraud and failing to file tax returns, related to a scheme in which Cannon-Grant and her late husband, Clark Grant, pocketed thousands of dollars in donations to their nonprofit.<\/p>\n

She was sentenced Thursday to four years’ probation. She was also ordered to pay $106,003 in restitution. Federal prosecutors recommended U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley sentence Cannon-Grant to 18 months in prison<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ONE CHART LAYS BARE THE SPRAWLING FRAUD NETWORK MINNESOTA OFFICIALS MISSED<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Ms. Cannon-Grant\u2019s actions were crimes of greed and opportunity,” said Nicolas Bucciarelli, acting inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cannon-Grant and her husband were accused of diverting COVID-relief<\/a> and rental assistance funds from their Violence in Boston nonprofit for personal expenses and collecting about $100,000 in illegal unemployment benefits, among other charges.<\/p>\n

Along with her late husband, the pair founded VIB, an anti-violence nonprofit dedicated to raising social awareness and aiding community causes in Boston, federal prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple received nearly $54,000 in pandemic relief funds, authorities said. They also allegedly used some of the nonprofit’s funds to pay their auto loan and auto insurance bills.<\/p>\n

NUTRITION PROGRAM\u2019S LAWSUIT TRIGGERS MN EDUCATION DEPT TO EASE OVERSIGHT, OPENING DOOR TO MORE FRAUD<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

They also conspired to defraud Boston\u2019s Office of Housing Stability \u2014 by misrepresenting their household income in an effort to obtain $12,600 in rental assistance, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance by submitting forged employment documents so that another family member could receive nearly $44,000 in unemployment assistance.<\/p>\n

Cannon-Grant also filed false tax returns for 2017 and 2018 and failed to file tax returns for 2019 and 2020, prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cannon-Grant was well-known in activist circles in Boston earning numerous awards, including The Boston Globe Magazine\u2019s Bostonian of the Year award and a Boston Celtics Heroes Among Us award, both in 2020 amid nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2022, following Cannon-Grant’s indictment, VIB said it had suspended all programs and was shutting down, but its Facebook page has been frequently active since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/social-justice-advocate-once-named-bostonian-year-sentenced-fraud-case <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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