• Home
  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Authors
  • Advertise
  • Categories
    • Archives
    • Chaplain
    • Crime & Controversy
    • Community
    • Cop Humor
    • Editorial
    • Op-ed
    • Gear & Technology
    • Investigations
    • Laws & Legal
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Officer Down
    • On Duty
    • Tactics
  • Network
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
No Result
View All Result
Law Officer
Law Officer
No Result
View All Result

Owner of ‘Black Lives Matter’ social media account indicted: allegedly used $450K in donations for personal gain

March 17, 2021
Law OfficerbyLaw Officer
in Investigations, News
Sir Maejor Page. Photo credit: Instagram

Sir Maejor Page. Photo credit: Instagram

6.9k
SHARES
30.2k
VIEWS
Share and speak up for justice, law & order...

Cleveland, Ohio – A federal grand jury in Cleveland charged Maejor Page, whose real name is Tyree Conyers-Page, with three counts of money laundering and one count of wire fraud, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release The indictment set forth by the government alleged that Page created a 501(c)(3) Facebook account titled “Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta.” He allegedly used the account to defraud individuals of over more than $450,000 after the tax-exempt status was revoked by the IRS, according to a press release.

“Page is accused of using unprecedented tensions and uncertainty due to widespread civil unrest and a global pandemic to fill his own bank account,” FBI Special Agent Eric B. Smith said, according to the press release.

The indictment stated that from around May 2020 to approximately September 2020, Mr.Page, created a devious scheme banking on vulnerable individuals to defraud supporters by falsely depicting that all donations made to his 501(c)(3) charity would be used to support fighting racial injustices.

Page started the Facebook page in February 2016, and in around March of 2016, Mr.Page registered “BLACK LIVES MATTER OF GREATER ATLANTA INC” with the Georgia State’s Corporation Division as a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, according to the press release.

Facebook allegedly recognized the account as a valid non-profit organization and allowed supporters to make direct donations to the Facebook account.

In May of 2019 “BLACK LIVES MATTER OF GREATER ATLANTA INC’s” tax-exempt status with the IRS was revoked. Page failed to provide the charity’s correct form to the IRS for three consecutive years. In August of 2019 the IRS dissolved “BLACK LIVES MATTER OF GREATER ATLANTA INC.”

Page failed to contact Facebook to cease exhibiting the account as a non-profit charity, according to the press release. As a result, the Facebook account continued to be exhibited as a non-profit charity with a donation portal up until September of 2020.

The FBI announced in September 2020 that Page was charged with wire fraud and money laundering misappropriating $200,000 in donations.


Share and speak up for justice, law & order...
Tags: arrestBlack Lives MatterfacebookFBImajor pagenon profitpagewire fraud
Law Officer

Law Officer

Law Officer is the only major law enforcement publication and website owned and operated by law enforcement—for law enforcement and supporters of justice, law, and order. This unique facet makes Law Officer much more than just a publishing company, but a true advocate for the law enforcement profession.

Law Officer Badge Blue

Donate & Help Support Law Officer

Donate now and help support justice, law & order
Your donation is tax-deductible.

Related Posts

BLM

Breonna Taylor’s mom calls BLM a ‘fraud’

April 16, 2021
5.4k
Patrisse Cullors

Social media blatantly censors story of BLM co-founder’s home purchases

April 16, 2021
2.2k
team Biden

Marxist BLM leader buys $1.4 home in predominantly white neighborhood

April 10, 2021
6.6k

Florida teacher allegedly offered $200 for sex with 2-year-old

April 7, 2021
2.1k

Activist Shaun King falsely claims LAPD pilots wanted to ‘set protestors on fire’

March 28, 2021
3.2k

Black Lives Matter complains Oregon K9 named “Lil’ Kim” is offensive

March 28, 2021
3.8k
Load More
Book: The Courageous Police Leader

Latest Articles

Active Shooting

Active Shooter Reported In Austin, 3 Confirmed Dead

April 18, 2021
2.4k

Oregon newspaper: Police shot a white guy; no need to riot

April 18, 2021
1.5k
Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters tells crowd to ‘stay on the street’ if Chauvin is acquitted

April 18, 2021
3k

Video: Homicide suspect fires at motorcycle officer

April 18, 2021
2.3k
Birmingham police officer

You are not in control

April 17, 2021
1.5k
Source: @warchyld_ent/Instagram

NYPD confiscates air gun mounted to rapper’s Hummer

April 17, 2021
1.8k
Load More

Liberty University offers affordable tuition and a 25% discount for law officers and first responders.

Follow your Law Officer Local Network:

  • Illinois
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • New York, NY
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Wauwatosa, WI

More coming soon. Follow the news related justice, law, and order in your local area—and stand up and speak out.


Please donate and help support Law Officer

Must Read

Chris Cuomo says until ‘White people’s kids start getting killed,’ there will not be police reform

April 17, 2021
2.9k
Officer expresses shock

Officer expresses shock after shooting combative suspect with firearm instead of Taser

April 12, 2021
13k
Texas police sergeant

Qualified immunity is an endangered species

April 2, 2021
2.4k
sedition charges

DOJ quietly acknowledges there was no sedition at the US Capitol

March 30, 2021
155.7k
Source: Tito Texidor III, unsplash

Duping the ‘woke’—a new kind of criminality in America

March 26, 2021
4.7k
Load More

Stand up & speak out!

Gab with us—fight censorship!

Most Popular

Nashville officer

Graphic video shows deadly encounter between Nashville officer and Tennessee woman

March 15, 2021
221.5k
New Mexico State Police

New Mexico State Police release horrifying video of officer’s murder

April 11, 2021
59.3k

Journalist: Derek Chauvin ‘will be acquitted’; alleged drug dealer invokes the Fifth Amendment

April 1, 2021
94.5k

Police union leader speaks unpopular truth: Duante Wright shares blame in his own death

April 14, 2021
20.6k
sedition charges

DOJ quietly acknowledges there was no sedition at the US Capitol

March 30, 2021
155.7k

More from Law Officer

  • Archives (12,812)
  • Chaplain (74)
  • Chauvin Trial (14)
  • Community (128)
  • Cop Humor (15)
  • Crime & Controversy (130)
  • Editorial (460)
  • Gear & Technology (64)
  • Investigations (2,433)
  • Laws & Legal (1,315)
  • Leadership (477)
  • News (6,018)
  • Officer Down (806)
  • On Duty (91)
  • Op-ed (601)
  • Reference (1)
  • Tactics (405)

LA Police Gear

Law Officer

© 2021 LawOfficer.com

LawOfficer.com

  • Home
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corrections
  • Contact

Speak up for justice, law & order

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Law Officer Networks
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • NYC Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
    • Join the Network!

© 2021 LawOfficer.com