BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Former R.I.S.E Corp. CEO Damon Brown has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Treasury and Michigan Attorney General’s office against the City of Battle Creek.
In the complaint, Brown alleges the city mishandled American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funds and said the complaint “detailed documented financial discrepancies, lack of transparency, and actions that caused financial harm to R.I.S.E. Corp. and its leadership.”
ARPA funds were given to nonprofit organizations that needed relief from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brown faces 16 charges across three cases in Calhoun County, including embezzlement, criminal enterprises, money laundering, resisting and obstructing police, and felon in possession of a firearm…