By lexx thornton
A federal grand jury indicted the leader The Black Lives Matter Movement International travel, groceries and personal real estate, international travel and personal real estate, prosecutors announced in Oklahoma City.
Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, pleaded guilty earlier this month to 20 counts of forgery and money laundering, court records show.
Court records do not list Dickerson’s attorney by name and did not return an email or phone call Thursday.
According to the indictment, Dickerson has accepted charitable donations since at least 2016 through his ties to OKC, the Arizona-based alliance for global justice, the executive director of Text for Black Lives Matter.
In total, BLM OKC has raised more than $5.6 million through 2020, mostly from online donors and national bail funds for individuals arrested in connection with racial justice protests. The killing of George Floyd A 2020 indictment by a Minnesota police officer alleges.
Dickerson used the money to pay at least $3.15 million to his personal accounts, at least $50,000 for retail purchases and at least $50,000 for his children, or a home, as well as a company or six properties owned by him or herself, according to the indictment, which was returned to this bail blm Okc.
The indictment alleges that he submitted false annual reports to the union, stating that the funds were used only for tax-exempt purposes.
If convicted, Dickerson faces up to 20 years in federal prison and up to $250,000 in fines and fines for each count, and up to 10 years in prison and fines for money laundering.
In a Facebook Live video posted on Thursday, Dickerson said he was not in control and that it was “beautiful.”
“I cannot comment officially on what happened today,” he said. “I’m home. I’m safe. I have faith in our team.”
“A lot of times when people come to you with things like that … it’s proof that you’re doing business,” he said. “That’s what I stand for.”
The Black Lives Matter Movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a 17-year-old volunteer who was murdered at the age of 17. Trayvon Martin in florida. But it was 2014 Death of Michael Brown At the hands of the police in Ferguson, Missouri, the “Black Lives Matter” slogan is a rallying cry for a favorite target of progressives and conservatives.
Associated Press It was reported in October The Justice Department, a move by Black leaders, defrauded donors of tens of millions of dollars in 2020 racial justice protests.
