BLM activist Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, whose anti-violence charity was shut down last month amid a federal fraud case against her, is now requesting to apply for unemployment benefits.
Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, and her husband, Clark Grant, 38, of Taunton, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to fraud charges detailed in an 18-count indictment handed down earlier this month.
A BLM activist has been charged over a huge fraud which is said to have included blowing a grant intended for young men at risk of violence on trips to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Shake Shack.
Monica Cannon-Grant, 41, who founded Violence in Boston, claimed she wasn t paid, but an indictment alleges she got $2,788 a week, taking home $25,096 in 2020 and $170,092 last year.