(Kron)-Federal prosecutors said that the director of the East Auckland Boxing Company, was sentenced to 27 months in prison to steal more than half a million dollars.
Howard Solomon, 38, was the CEO of the East Ocland Boxing Association (EOBA) from 2017 to 2021. Non -profit organizations provide after school and summer programming for East Oakland children, including supporting lessons, literacy, boxing lessons, and training.
“Suleiman embezzled at least $ 549,000 from the former employer and transferred money and donations to Eoba to pay the costs of personal expenses, including vacation rental and Ford explorer,” wrote the US lawyer in California Province.
Investigators said that from the wrong money that was donated by “The Ellen Degeneres Show” to Eoba, which Solomon converted into a personal account. A $ 50,000 donation was offered during its appearance in 2019 by the Golden Stayet Warriors Stephen Carrie and his wife, Aisha Carey, In the episode of “The Ellen Degeneres Show”. The Curry TV episode, which offers gifts for a youth gym, showed the donation examination.
“The embezzlement plan was not only limited to the victim of the East Oakland Boxing Association, but also deprived of low -income children and those with high risk in East Auckland for internal training, guidance, and boxing programs offered by the organization.” “While Mr. Suleiman has ridiculed the money from a non-profit organization to serve the greed, Irs-Ci customers have experienced the evidence and followed the money in seeking to achieve justice.”
Suleiman admitted that he was guilty on April 23 for the charge of defrauding the mail and the charge of tax evasion.
In addition to the federal prison sentence, the American boycott judge, iPhone Gonzalez Rogers, ordered the payment of $ 549132 to EOBA, and $ 287,185 to serve internal revenue.
“Houard Suleiman has used his position on confidence in the theft of children and working families and threatened the presence of an organization and it should remain an important part of the East Auckland community. With this sentence, he was accountable for his indescribable greed.”