RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond woman was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for wire fraud after the Department of Justice (DOJ) said she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds to operate a nonprofit meant to help women and children.
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, 41-year-old Kia Player was sentenced to three years in prison for wire fraud in connection with her fraudulent operation at RVA Sister’s Keeper after she pleaded guilty to the charge back in November 2025.
Per the DOJ, Player won a grant to operate RVA Sister’s Keeper, an inclement weather shelter in 2022, and obtained over $995,000 in governmental funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the city of Richmond…