Social justice advocate once named Bostonian of the Year sentenced in fraud case — but given slap on wrist

A well-known community and social justice activist who founded a Boston nonprofit to reduce violence and who was once was lauded as Bostonian of the Year avoided jail time in a federal fraud case, the Justice Department said Thursday. Federal prosecutors recommended US District Court Judge Angel Kelley sentence Cannon-Grant to 18 months in prison. Along with her late husband, the pair founded VIB, an anti-violence nonprofit dedicated to raising social awareness and aiding community causes in Boston, federal prosecutors said. Cannon-Grant also filed false tax returns for 2017 and 2018 and failed to file tax returns for 2019 and 2020, prosecutors said. The post Social justice advocate once named Bostonian of the Year sentenced in fraud case — but given slap on wrist appeared first on New York Post.