In a recently unearthed document, Ruby Corado, the founder of LGBTQ+ nonprofit Casa Ruby, was jailed after spending 2 years on the run for money laundering charges. According to federal prosecutors, Corado transferred $400,000 in COVID-19 relief loans to a personal bank account, instead of to her far-left charity.
For context, dozens of left-wing charities have been riddled with scandal, particularly regarding COVID-19 relief funds. These federal loans, which were intended to help small businesses maintain their staff during the pandemic, were often used to line the pockets of dishonest activists.
Explaining the case, Adam Gitlin, chief of the Antitrust and Nonprofit Enforcement Section for the attorney’s office, noted the scale of the corruption. He said, “Between April 2021 and sept 2021 we know that Ms. Corado transferred over $400,000 from one of the accounts that was supposed to be used, and another that was also supposed to be used for the nonprofit purposes to accounts that she has in El Salvador.”
However, despite the damning evidence of her guilt, Corado insists she is a victim of political perseuction. The left-wing activist said, “For the people who wanted me to shut up, you know, I was a threat, particularly as we were going into an election year. Because the government did not reimburse almost a million dollars.”
In a document from the Department of Justice, written after she was jailed on July 17, 2024, the DOJ described the circumstances of the crime. The department stated, ” Ruby Corado, 53, the founder of Casa Ruby, Inc., a Washington D.C.-based non-profit that provided services to the LGBTQ+ community, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to diverting at least $150,000 in taxpayer-backed emergency Covid relief funds to private off-shore bank accounts for her personal use.”
Adding additional context, the DOJ wrote, “Corado was charged by complaint on March 1, 2024, with bank fraud, wire fraud, laundering of monetary instruments, monetary transactions in criminally derived proceeds, and failure to file a report of foreign bank account. Corado pleaded guilty today to a one-count information charging her with wire fraud today before U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, who scheduled sentencing for January 10, 2025.”
Explaining the details of Corado’s scheme, the DOJ continued to pile up evidence against the LGBTQ activist. The statement continued, “According to court documents, Corado, on behalf of Casa Ruby, received more than $1.3 million from the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Instead of using the funds as she promised, Corado stole at least $150,000 by transferring the money to bank accounts in El Salvador, which she hid from the IRS.”
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After her guilt was revealed, the activist decided to flee the country. The DOJ reported, “During 2022, when financial irregularities at Casa Ruby became public, Corado sold her home in Prince Georges County and fled to El Salvador. FBI agents arrested Corado on March 5, 2024, at a hotel in Laurel, Maryland, after she unexpectedly returned to the United States.”
Winding down their arguments, the authorities explained her woke charity, saying, “Casa Ruby had claimed to provide housing services for homeless LGBTQ+ youth including transitional housing; to assist LGBTQ+ immigrants and connect them to attorneys; to provide social services such as case management and therapeutic mental health support for survivors of violence, and to assist with a wide array of services such as assisting with passport applications and certain visa applications.”
Concluding their account, the DOJ explained how Corado’s charity crumbled. It declared, “The non-profit’s website stated that Casa Ruby employed over 50 people and provided more than 30,000 social and human services to more than 6,000 people each year. At various times, Casa Ruby operated multiple shelters in Washington, D.C., that provided transitional housing. Casa Ruby effectively ceased operations in July 2022 when it shuttered its transitional housing, failed to pay its employees, and faced eviction from multiple properties for failure to pay rent.”
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