(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) In the latest leading indicator that Black Lives Matter and the malignant tentacle groups it’s spawned are ripe to emerge as one of history’s most notorious long-cons, BLM activist Monica Cannon-Grant has been charged in an 18-count indictment with wire fraud, conspiracy, and making false statements to a mortgage lending business.
Cannon-Grant used George Floyd’s 2020 death and the protests and rioting that followed as a springboard to launch Violence in Boston, an organization purportedly meant to help reduce violence.
Instead, say prosecutors, she and her husband, Clark Grant, used hundreds of thousands of dollars raised for Violence in Boston to pay for personal, extravagant expenses including, hotels, car rentals, auto repairs, restaurant meals, nail salons and personal travel, according to the Associated Press.
Cannon-Grant and her husband were arrested at their swank, five-bedroom $450,000 residence in Taunton, Massachusetts, reported the Daily Mail, the same home that was possibly purchased with dirty money at the height of their alleged swindling.
“Unemployment caught my ass. Asked me to provide documents by June unless I’ll have to pay it all back,” Cannon-Grant told her husband through text message, when she realized the con was popped, according to prosecutors.
The investigation into Cannon-Grant began last month when federal authorities arrested her husband and raided her home after he was charged with committing COVID-19 unemployment and mortgage fraud.
Where the investigation will lead and where it might end likely has plenty of leftists in a cold sweat.
Cannon-Grant’s organization received numerous government grants, and she has worked closely with and drawn support from likes of “Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, along with other prominent politicos and activists.
Monica Cannon-Grant (who has me blocked on here) was indicted today on 18 counts of fraud & conspiracy.
This did not age well, huh @wutrain @MayorWu #bospoli #mapoli pic.twitter.com/7QWCygMteG
— Anthony Strong (@strong89) March 15, 2022
Just finished reading indictment against Violence in Boston founders.
One notable detail:
Organization accepted $6K grant from Suffolk DA to take at-risk youth on retreat.
But took a personal vacation instead, according to documents#NBC10Boston #NECN https://t.co/9g9It16Aj4— Ryan Kath (@RyanNBCBoston) March 15, 2022
Anyone else concerned that our new US Attorney for MA gave thousands in grant money (as DA) to the now indicted Monica Cannon-Grant? Evidently there was zero vetting for grants when they were going to people in her squad – and look, our Mayor keeps the same company! #SquadGoals pic.twitter.com/LZFu7SJP9z
— Sir Edward Coyle (@SirEdwardCoyle) March 15, 2022
During the peak of her organization’s scheming, Cannon-Grant, 41, bumped her salary from $25,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2021, while receiving thousands of dollars in consulting fees, promoting “diversity” programs at private companies.
Prosecutors say Cannon-Grant and her husband flimflammed myriad grants from their charity. In one stark example, they received $6,000 from the Suffolk District Attorney’s as funding for a retreat for at-risk young men.
“Instead,” the Daily Mail reported, “Cannon-Grant and Grant treated themselves to meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack, and a three night break to Maryland that included a $1,200 hotel stay, it is claimed.”
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe, which named her 2020 “Bostonian of the Year,” is now forced to cover the same alleged crimes that she perpetrated while receiving the alleged newspaper’s accolades.
The same paper that named Monica Cannon-Grant the Bostonian of the year has to now report on her 38 page Federal indictment. This is golden! https://t.co/CiPqFyGMPz
— Michael Reynolds (@aquasport281) March 15, 2022
