GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A former nonprofit CEO in Kent County was sentenced to years in prison for fraud.
61-year-old Dr. Nkechy Ezeh was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fraud scheme that stole $1.4 million in taxpayer and donor money intended for vulnerable preschool children, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey’s office.
She was also sentenced to a concurrent prison term of 60 months for evading income taxes. Ezeh must also pay $1.4 million in restitution to the victims of the fraud, along with nearly $400,000 to the IRS.
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Ezeh founded Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC), a nonprofit funded by the Department of Health and Human Service’s Early Head Start program, the U.S. Department of Education, and private donors…