Heads of big California food bank, including famous "Sweet Alice" acused of using funds for personal

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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/heads-of-foodbank-of-southern-california-accused-of-misusing-funds-for-personal-financial-gain/



Allegations against board members and CEOs
In addition to the CEOs — Cooper and Weaver — the lawsuit named 12 members of the Foodbank's board, including Dion Rambo, Alice "Sweet" Alice Harris and Michael Barrett. Cooper's spouse Lamarr Ramsey was also named as a defendant. However, he never worked for the nonprofit, according to the legal complaint.

In the lawsuit, the Department of Social Services alleged that Cooper and Ramsey used the nonprofit's funds to pay for a myriad of personal expenses, including home renovations, lawn services, and an artificial Christmas tree. Investigators said they used the nonprofit's corporate accounts and credit cards to spend $228,000 at Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe's, Office Depot, and AT&T.

Additionally, Cooper sent almost $4,800 to her sister-in-law for unspecified "transportation" expenses, nearly $7,000 to her spouse for repairs that were never made at the food bank and a little more than $2,650 to Ramsey's company to decorate two of the business's trucks, according to the complaint. The food bank also gifted Ramsey a $10,000 box truck, at Cooper's direction or authorization, according to state attorneys.

"I took over because we suspected Fraud," Weaver said following the lawsuit.

The state also accuses Weaver, who became CEO after Cooper's suspension, of receiving a $20,000 cashier's check from the nonprofit's account and failing to document that it was used for the food bank in October 2024, the same month investigators served search warrants at the Foodbank of Southern California's headquarters. Weaver also used the nonprofit's funds to buy a Tesla for himself, according to the lawsuit. The state also claims he used his position to hire his family members, who served as the nonprofit's project manager and accountant.

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1. So mini-Trumps are illegal, but if you did did this in the executive branch

you'd be IMMUNE. Leadership modeling. Following the leader.