"Monica Cannon-Grant, the founder and former CEO of the Violence in Boston nonprofit (VIB), was sentenced to probation and house arrest Thursday after she pleaded guilty last year to over a dozen fraud-related charges, federal prosecutors announced. Cannon-Grant, 44, of Taunton, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to four years of probation, six months of home detention, and 100 hours of community service."
"Through fundraising, Cannon-Grant and her husband raised more than $1 million. In July 2022, VIB was shut down amid the fraud charges. From 2017 until at least 2020, the couple used thousands of dollars in VIB donations to pay for personal expenditures, including hotels, travel, gas, restaurants, food deliveries, and nail salons. Cannon-Grant later conspired to use the nonprofit to defraud the Boston Resiliency Fund, a COVID-19 pandemic relief fund established by the City of Boston, according to the"
Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, of Taunton, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to 18 charges including wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax offenses. She received four years of probation, six months of home detention, 100 hours of community service, $106,003 in restitution, and forfeiture to be determined. Cannon-Grant established Violence in Boston (VIB) in 2017 and, with her husband, raised more than $1 million before VIB was shut down in July 2022 amid fraud allegations. From 2017 through at least 2020, donations were used for personal expenses and she conspired to defraud the Boston Resiliency Fund.
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