Los Santos Insider | Historic Fraud Bust Brings Down South Central Community Leader

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Historic Fraud Bust Brings Down South Central Community Leader

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Written by David Buckley - August 1, 2023

 

Avery and Dionne. Photographs from the LS County DA.

 

Avery and Dionne Lafayette, founders of the renowned Los Santos County charity organization Grass Roots, were criminally charged today for misappropriating over $3.6 million in donations intended for their charity, which was founded twenty years ago.  The organization boasts to support "mentorship initiatives provide guidance and support, educational programs, offer academic resources and scholarships, arts and cultural enrichment and foster creativity and self-express." Most recently, it sponsored an inner city clean-up initiative. The Major Crimes Bureau of the Los Santos County Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation following Avery Lafayette’s voluntary confession to involvement in financial crimes and with the support of the District Attorney’s office. A rising community leader, it is unclear why Lafayette confessed to his crimes (although he argued for his wife's innocence).

 

In a statement, despite the confession, Grass Roots underscored that "it's essential to remember that an arrest is not an indication of guilt, and we believe in the principles of due process and the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise."

 

Avery and Dionne Lafayette were arraigned by ADA Michael Brovarsky and DDA Nicole Kerrigan at the Greg E. Joplin Courthouse.  They are facing a combined total of 41 charges, including felony embezzlement, misdemeanor fraud, and felony fraud. According to records, the charity organization was utilizing donations for personal financial assets, and purchases included a boat and a helicopter.

 

Images from Grass Roots' website.

 

The victims of the fraud scheme included San Andreas government bigwigs, such as Democratic Leader Diana Jones, Chief Justice Morgan Jones, Senator Isabel Garcia, and Mayor Marcus Cambridge. Major San Andreas institutions were also defrauded, including the University of San Andreas, Los Santos, the State Fire Marshals, and Aurum Corporation.

 

During his confession, Lafayette admitted to "battling a gambling addiction."  Apart from the vehicle purchases, Lafayette used charity funding for cosmetic surgery, dental implants, a Pacific Bluffs Beach Resort membership for $50,000, $1,000,000 for personal household renovations, and $100,000 earmarked for an "urban women's empowerment" initiative ran by his wife.

 

During the arraignment hearing, the prosecution recommended a combined sentence of 20 months and total fines of $200,000, and a bail amount of four million dollars. The defense argued an eighth amendment case against the high bail amount, arguing that the amount was unprecedented and extensive. The next hearing is yet to be scheduled.

 

Further information regarding this case is expected to be released at a later date.
 

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Edited August 1, 2023 by The American Dream

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[Cartoonhead]

Name: Boogerloogie3452

Comment: Always knew they wer upto know good.

[NexusExodus]

Username: Hank Preston

Comment: Shady, shady, shady.

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Username: AllAmerican

Comment: Wow … Cannot Say I am not surprised … All the people that got defrauded are DEMS

 

#No Surprise Here

[Koko]

Username: chino

Comment: lmao he trippin, how you gonna say ur wife's innocent when they've been visiting plastic surgeons, getting luxury resort memberships and spending a million on a new house's renovations from south central uptown. the $100k for "urban women's empowerment" is for the empowerment of Dionne Lafayette alone. they've used all of us black folk and everyone in south central who propped them up from the start and took money from children from the hood who raised it to offer, straight in hand, to see they neighborhoods prosper, rot in jail 🤮🤮

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2 hours ago, Koko said:

Username: chino

Comment: lmao he trippin, how you gonna say ur wife's innocent when they've been visiting plastic surgeons, getting luxury resort memberships and spending a million on a new house's renovations from south central uptown. the $100k for "urban women's empowerment" is for the empowerment of Dionne Lafayette alone. they've used all of us black folk and everyone in south central who propped them up from the start and took money from children from the hood who raised it to offer, straight in hand, to see they neighborhoods prosper, rot in jail 🤮🤮

Username: niggachan
Comment: FR NIGGAS TRIPPIN I WANT MY BLACK YOUTH HELICOPTER RIDE ALL THE DONORS PAID 4 BUT I AINT THINK IMA B GETTIN IT. FK THIS GUY, HOPE HE GETS ASS CANCER. NOW NOBODY GONA TRUST A BLACK CHARITY 4 YEARS 2 COME CUZ OF THIS

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Name: Dar

Comment: Boo hoo. Cry me a River. How about you do research before giving your money to a charity? 

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Name: bigr0llin863 

Comment: well well well