"We refer to SF SAFE, an SFPD-funded crime prevention education services nonprofit that got caught up in scandal in early 2024 when a City Controller report found they were gouging the SFPD for $10,000 a month on limo rides, plus Vegas and Tahoe trips, and $162 gift boxes for their events. A mere six days later, that scandal exploded into millions of dollars missing from their bank account, and allegations of check forgery lodged at SF SAFE's executive director Kyra Worthy."
"By July 2024, DA Brooke Jenkins's office charged Worthy with 34 felony counts of misusing public money, bank fraud, wage theft, and passing bad checks. Through DA Jenkins recused herself from the case, perhaps because she has attended so many of SF SAFE's fancy taxpayer-funded parties. And lavish parties these were! While Worthy is accused of embezzling around $100,000, the overall total of allegedly misused funds is $700,000."
SF SAFE, an SFPD-funded crime prevention nonprofit, faced a City Controller report that flagged $10,000 monthly limo charges, Vegas and Tahoe trips, and $162 gift boxes. Six days after the report, millions went missing and check forgery allegations targeted executive director Kyra Worthy. By July 2024, prosecutors filed 34 felony counts including misusing public money, bank fraud, wage theft, and passing bad checks. Worthy is accused of embezzling about $100,000 while alleged total misuse reaches $700,000. A high-cost event cited in the indictment included a $6,000 event planner fee and nearly $50,000 in catering.
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