Ohio man Sir Maejor Page, 32, was slapped with four federal counts this week, the DOJ announced in a statement on Friday, accusing him of making "fraudulent misrepresentations" to contributors to the phony BLM group, which was portrayed as a tax-exempt charity based in Atlanta, Georgia. Officials claim he ultimately took in more than $450,000. FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith stated:
"Page is accused of using unprecedented tensions and uncertainty due to widespread civil unrest and a global pandemic to fill his own bank account. Page allegedly purchased homes, traveled, and spent other people's money to buy luxury items for himself, all on the backs of hardworking people believing they were donating to a worthy cause."Initially arrested by the FBI last September, Page is said to have established the Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta (BLMGA) group in early 2016, at which point it was formally registered as a non-profit organization. However, while the group's tax-exempt charity status was revoked by Georgia authorities in 2019 after Page failed to submit the proper forms for three consecutive years, he continued to rake in money, telling donors in private chats that their funds would be "used to combat racial and social injustices," according to the DOJ. Much of that fundraising was done through Facebook, which was unaware the group's non-profit corporation had been dissolved.
"As a result, BMLGA's Facebook page continued to be displayed as a non-profit organization with a donation button through the end of September 2020, and Facebook continued to collect and disperse the purported charity donations on a bi-monthly basis."Page then allegedly took those funds and blew "a substantial portion" on personal expenses, including clothes, entertainment, hotel rooms and - in the largest sum - property he intended to make his personal residence. He is said to have concealed the latter purchase by putting its title under the name "Hi Frequency Ohio," while also entering into a nondisclosure agreement with the seller so as to keep his involvement and use of donor money under wraps.
A criminal complaint filed against Page earlier this week shows the government seized more than $250,000 in forfeitures from a Bank of America account under the BLMGA name, as well as the property bought with the proceeds.
While he has since been released from custody on a $10,000 bond, according to an Ohio ABC affiliate, he faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the four counts, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. His next court hearing is set for March 17.
Reader Comments
What is the difference between this scammer, and the scammers scamming for the real BLM.
Besides that they are too stupid to even come up with an original acronym.
What was that quote by that PTB assassinated good guy about 'content of character not color of skin'? (From the above, I can make so seriously educated guesses about the content of the above scumbag's character.) However, I guess that's passe in these 'woke' PC days.
RC
My forecast: He'll get no time, he'll agree to give up whatever $ the feds already got*, and enter some agreement for restitution that will probably eventually be paid off at 5% MAX!
Sorry if that sounds pessimistic, but I'm adjusting for that. If I was being more realistic, the charges will probably simply be quietly dropped by Team Bribem Regime during a news cycle where everyone is focused on the next false flag, etc. Of course Bribem will get his snout's worth through Hunter, etc. HORRIBLE! ARGH! (Though the whole drug war has ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, I DID criminal law about from 85 to 95 (I quit doing it because of all of that kind of shit was getting out of hand), and in that decade, especially that last ~4 years it was then SO blatant. Since then, it's probably gotten thrice as bad.
*Which may well just end up buying daiquiri machines for the pig station and the prosecutors' office and home. (Are you familiar with the multi-million $ scam near Miami where a small town (5? cops) conspired with the prosecutors and the DEA (as always) and who the fuck ever (I'll call them the LEGITIMATE 'usual suspects') and ended up laundering ~$80M! Probably 60% of that went to whoever they were laundering money for, the 40% got split (all amounts are per recollection) between the prostitutors, the pigs, the fed agents ("the whole package never gets to the stationhouse." ) and whoever else. And now I'll first adjust that to make the pigs look better. Let's say they laundered back to whoever (like Frank & Mel in Scarface, etc.) 75%! So the pigs only ended up with 25% or $20M. Split between probably I'll guess that 8 guys split it up; that's $2.5M in non taxable $ to each of those swine.
And what happened? Nothing, nothing at all. They still own that little town.
RC