The executive director of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in Oklahoma City has been indicted for allegedly funneling $3.15 million in returned bail checks into her personal bank accounts, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Dec. 11.
Prosecutors charged Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering on Dec. 3, the DOJ said in a statement.
Dickerson was accused of embezzling funds meant to cover pretrial bail for people arrested in racial justice protests after the death of George Floyd, who was killed in 2020 by a Minneapolis officer.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the indictment in a post on X, saying that Dickerson had allegedly used her position “to steal donor money and enrich herself.”…