The BLM organization had one of the biggest scams in history and its business model was simple: Donate to us or your corporation or business is racist.
A recent report by the Los Angeles Times stated that the leader of the BLM Global Network Foundation has been accused of stealing over $10 million in donations over the last several years.
The accused leader is Shalomyah Bowers and according to a lawsuit filed against him, Bowers was a rogue administrator.
The lawsuit against him would go on to say Bowers used the Foundation as his personal piggy bank.
A Black Lives Matter leader is accused of stealing $10 million from the organization by former colleagues in a lawsuit. In response, #BLM released a statement saying the ex-colleagues suing are utilizing a system of white supremacy to oppress blacks. https://t.co/hJNeHhYaDG
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 4, 2022
The Los Angeles Times surprisingly covered the story:
The leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been accused by former colleagues of stealing more than $10 million in donations from the organization for personal use, according to a lawsuit filed in court this week.
Shalomyah Bowers was called in the court filing as a “rogue administrator, a middle man turned usurper” who siphoned contributions to the nonprofit activist group to use as a “personal piggy bank,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday.
Bowers’ actions led the foundation into investigations by the Internal Revenue Service and various state attorneys general, “blazing a path of irreparable harm to BLM in less than eighteen months,” the suit claims. “While BLM leaders and movement workers were on the street risking their lives, Mr. Bowers remained in his cushy offices devising a scheme of fraud and misrepresentation to break the implied-in-fact contract between donors and BLM.”
The suit, filed by Black Lives Matter Grassroots, was light on details of the alleged theft of funds, but delved into the fissures within the network of Black Lives Matter groups, charting changes in leadership and power that left Bowers with tight control of the organization.
Bowers and his group denied all claims of financial misconduct and chastised those suing him for “falling victim to the carceral logic and social violence that fuels the legal system” in taking legal action against him.
Activists accuse BLM leader Shalomyah Bowers of stealing $10 million: lawsuit https://t.co/riHwC9jYuf pic.twitter.com/ZfviE0oHUu
— New York Post (@nypost) September 5, 2022
BLM Leader Accuses Group's Supporters of Acting Like 'White Oppressors' for Looking Into Missing $10 Million https://t.co/Mwbylcqnmr
— BlackPhoenix (@TruBlackPhoenix) September 5, 2022
The New York Post got the scoop too:
The new leader of the national Black Lives Matter non-profit “siphoned” more than $10 million in fees from donors to pay his consulting firm, according to a lawsuit.
But the BLM leader, Shalomyah Bowers, told The Post the case against him is nothing more than a power grab by disgruntled activists trying to wrest control of the movement.
Bowers, who became head of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation in April, is accused of paying the cash to his own Bowers Consulting Firm, and diverting resources from a new group called Black Lives Matter Grassroots, Inc.
BLM Grassroots was launched three months ago, records show. It claims to represent BLM chapters across the country.
The new group was founded in California in May by Walter Mosley, the lawyer who also drafted the lawsuit against Bowers, according to court papers. Mosley formerly represented Black Chyna in a law suit against Kim Kardashian in 2018.
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