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Charity bosses accused of stealing $6.5m, lawsuit claims
The founder of the nonprofit is also accused of using the funds to pay for child support and taxes, as well as sending $35,000 to friends and labeling the expenses as 'Chicago payroll.'
The leaders of a defunct Minneapolis violence-prevention charity are being sued for allegedly stealing $6.5 million to fund lavish personal expenses.
Trahern Pollard and Jaclyn McGuigan, the former leaders of We Push For Peace, were named as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Friday.
We Push For Peace was founded by Pollard in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests and granted millions of dollars worth of contracts for community outreach and violence prevention.
But the lawsuit alleges that Pollard, who was the face of the nonprofit and frequently featured in the news, pocketed $6 million from those contracts to pay for trips to Las Vegas, luxury vehicles and shopping sprees at Harley Davidson.
He is also accused of using the money to pay for child support and taxes, as well as to subsidize his private liquor store and used car dealership businesses.
The lawsuit also said that Pollard mislabeled $35,000 in payments he had sent to friends as 'Chicago payroll.'
The other defendant in the case, McGuigan, is accused of transferring $1,000 from the charity into a personal account every week, as well as stealing thousands more from government grants and labeling the transfers as 'administrative' expenses.
McGuigan acted as the nonprofit's treasurer since at least 2023, and prosecutors say she laundered most of the funds through her accounts, though Pollard spent most of the money.
Comment:
Stealing from a charity is as low as it gets.
But this was a charity that was set up to exploit the George Floyd drug overdose incident, so it is not surprising that it was a scam.
Once again the Far Left have shown us that they have no integrity.
