(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal judge has ordered Monica Cannon-Grant, the Black Lives Matter activist who once received Boston’s highest civic honor, to repay more than $224,000 that she siphoned from her nonprofit organization to fund a lavish personal lifestyle, per a report by The New York Post. The ruling this week marks the financial reckoning in a fraud case that has become one of the most notorious scandals to emerge from the 2020 racial justice movement.
Judge Angel Kelley issued the restitution order after Cannon-Grant had already received her sentence in January. That punishment included four years of probation, six months confined to her home, and 100 hours of community service for her crimes, which encompassed wire fraud and falsifying tax returns, according to WBUR.
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