A once-celebrated Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who raised more than $1 million in donations for her Boston “nonprofit” is now preparing to plead guilty to federal fraud charges.
Monica Cannon-Grant stole the donations money and used it to fund her own lavish lifestyle.
When confronted about her crimes, Cannon-Grant lashed out with profanity.
Cannon-Grant, who was hailed as “Bostonian of the Year” by the Boston Globe Magazine in 2020.
However, things have taken a dramatic turn as the BLM leader now faces 27 counts alongside her late husband, Clark Grant.
Prosecutors accuse her of siphoning charity funds from her organization Violence in Boston Inc. to cover personal expenses.
Instead of using the money for “fighting racism,” Cannon-Grant spent the donor cash on treats for herself, including vacations, nail salon trips, rent, car payments, and restaurant bills.
When asked about the case, Cannon-Grant erupted in an expletive-laden tirade.
“Respectfully, F**k You!” she wrote in one email to a Daily Mail reporter.
“You wasn’t reaching out or interested in my side of the story when I caught this case 4 1/2 years ago, and you wasn’t reaching out when my deceased husband was murdered, so yeah, f**k you.”
Cannon-Grant later cursed out the Daily Mail in another email, but refused to answer questions.
Court filings now confirm that the activist intends to change her plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which signals an imminent guilty plea or no-contest plea.
A federal judge has scheduled trial proceedings for October 14.
From Boston Hero To Fraud Defendant
Cannon-Grant skyrocketed to prominence in 2020 after organizing one of Boston’s largest marches following George Floyd’s death and forging partnerships to provide free meals during the pandemic.
Media outlets and city leaders showered her with praise, branding her one of the state’s top social justice advocates.
But according to prosecutors, behind the scenes, she was siphoning off money from donors and pandemic relief funds.
An investigation revealed that Cannon-Grant was:
• Paying herself $2,788 a week from the charity starting in late 2020, despite publicly claiming she drew no salary.
• Laundering a $10,400 grant — earmarked to feed children — through a church to pay her back rent.
• Using public and private grants to cover living expenses, even as her nonprofit publicly claimed to be feeding families.
According to evidence presented by investigators, Cannon-Grant texted her husband in March 2021:
“Unemployment caught my ass.
“Asked me to provide documents by June, unless I’ll have to pay it all back.”
The charity was shut down in 2022 after its board fired her.
A Rapid Fall From Grace
Cannon-Grant’s downfall has been marked by constant turnover in her legal team.
She has gone through five defense attorneys, with each new lawyer delaying proceedings as they sifted through thousands of pages of case files.
Her current attorneys, George Vien and Emma Notis-McConarty, took over in June after her previous lawyer was suspended from practicing law.
If Cannon-Grant enters a guilty plea, it would represent a dramatic fall for one of Boston’s most high-profile activists during the height of BLM’s influence.
Once celebrated by Democrats and the media as a face of “justice” and “progress,” Cannon-Grant is now poised to become a convicted fraudster whose nonprofit collapsed under the weight of corruption.
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