Founder of D.C. LGBTQ nonprofit arrested on fraud and money laundering charges

The FBI arrested the founder of a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth on money laundering and fraud charges after her return to the United States from El Salvador.

The FBI arrested the founder of a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth on money laundering and fraud charges after her return to the United States from El Salvador.

Ruby Corado allegedly transferred at least $150,000 in emergency relief funds intended for Casa Ruby to private bank accounts in El Salvador and hid it from the IRS, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. She had received more than $1.3 million in funding from the paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan program

Ruby Corado, the founder of Casa Ruby in Washington, D.C. on 2019.Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post via Getty Images fileWhen news Corado was under investigation became public in 2022, she sold her home in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and fled to El Salvador, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

Casa Ruby stopped operating in July 2022, failing to pay rent and employees and closing its transitional housing, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

FBI agents arrested Corado at a hotel in Laurel, Maryland, Tuesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lgbtq-casa-ruby-arrested-fraud-money-laundering-rcna142453

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