The FBI has arrested an Atlanta activist on fraud prices, after he arrange a ‘Black LIves Matter’ group to complement himself to the tune of $ 200,000. As donations poured in, the suspect purchased himself tailor-made fits and a brand new home.
Sir Maejor Web page was arrested on Friday and charged with fraud and cash laundering, with the FBI accusing him of misappropriating $ 200,000 in donations to his group: ‘Black Lives Matter of Better Atlanta.’
The group was based by Web page – a widely known native activist – in 2016, however took in additional than $ 466,000 in donations this June, July, and August, after the demise of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, set off a nationwide protest motion.
Web page claimed that donations to his group can be used “for George Floyd,” however he allegedly spent almost half of them on meals, leisure, furnishings, tailor-made fits, in keeping with an FBI affidavit in assist of a felony grievance in opposition to him.
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As well as, Web page is accused of utilizing the money to purchase himself a brand new dwelling in Toledo, Ohio, final month.
The house at which regulation enforcement is raiding with regard to Sir Maejor Web page was bought by the activist group Hello-Frequency Ohio. That buy occurred final month. Web page is without doubt one of the leaders of that group https://t.co/YZCbkX8v1w #13abc pic.twitter.com/ZsidUFko9d
— Shaun Hegarty (@Shaun_Hegarty) September 25, 2020
‘Black Lives Matter of Better Atlanta’ isn’t linked to the official ‘Black Lives Matter World Community,’ and has been underneath FBI investigation since this April. It misplaced its tax-exempt standing as a charity final 12 months, after it failed to supply tax returns and expenditure recordsdata for the Inland Income Service.
Nevertheless, it isn’t the one group to piggyback off the ‘Black Lives Matter’ title for nefarious functions. A California-registered group generally known as ‘The Black Lives Matter Basis’ railed thousands and thousands of in recent times, all whereas working to assist police relations with the neighborhood. A noble objective maybe, however not the objective of the BLM World Community, which has known as for the defunding of police departments.
The funds of the actual motion have additionally been known as into query. Between 2017 and 2019, the Black Lives Matter World Community spent solely six p.c of its donations on its native chapters and neighborhood organizations. A whopping 83 p.c, in the meantime, was spent on salaries, bonuses, journey, and consulting.
