MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The founder of a Minnesota business and a non-profit agency is pleading guilty to lying to federal, state, local, and private programs in order to get money.
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion, 28 of Minneapolis, is accused of fraudulently obtaining over $6 million in funding and illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the State of Minnesota says Champion, 28, engaged in fraud through a marketing company he owned, Futuristic Management LLC, and a non-profit organization he led, Encouraging Leaders…