Press Release  Former Director of Boston Nonprofit Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

Boston, MA — Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, of Taunton, pleaded guilty to 18 counts: three counts of wire fraud conspiracy; 10 counts of wire fraud; one count of mail fraud, and two counts each of filing false tax returns and failing to file tax returns. U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for Jan. 29, 2026. In March 2023, Cannon-Grant was charged along with her co-conspirator and husband Clark Grant in a 27-count superseding indictment. Clark Grant’s charges were dismissed in May 2023 due to his death. Cannon-Grant and Clark Grant had previously been charged in an 18-count indictment in March 2022.

The U.S. Attorney's Office lead the investigation that included the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General. 

For more information, see the U.S. Attorney's Office press release.

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