(WKBN) — A Toledo, Ohio, man was sentenced to federal prison after he was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his nonprofit Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta.
Sir Maejor Page, 35, was sentenced to 42 months in prison after being found guilty of collecting donations through Facebook for the BLM movement after his tax-exempt status was revoked for failure to submit IRS paperwork for three years in a row.
He regularly posted on Facebook about social and racial issues to give his nonprofit the “appearance of legitimacy, despite no longer being tax-exempt” and falsely told supporters that donations would be used to “fight for George Floyd and the “movement,” prosecutors said.
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Page then used the money for entertainment, hotel rooms, clothing, firearms and property he intended to use as his private residence, according to prosecutors. He attempted to conceal the purchase of the property by using the name “Hi Frequency Ohio” and asked the seller to sign a nondisclosure agreement that would have prevented the seller from listing Page as the actual buyer, prosecutors said.