Activist Under Suit 'Failed to Cooperate,' US Attorney Says

New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says a Newark activist being sued for misusing $345,000 in federal grant money meant to help at-risk youth has not provided financial documents needed for the case, according to the Star-Ledger.

The federal government is suing Fredrica Bey for using $345,325 set aside for service to youth instead to pay for expenses for nonprofit group Women in Support of the Million Man March,  the article said.

In a letter to U.S. magistrate Cathy Waldor, Fishman wrote that Bey, retired East Orange police officer De Lacy Davis and the nonprofit did not cooperate with FBI agents and, on more than one occasion, did not hand over requested accounting records. 

The final pre-trial hearing in the case has been delayed indefinitely, the article said.

The Star-Ledger has reported that millions of dollars in state and federal aid received by Bey's Adelaide L. Sanford charter school, which the state shut down in June, were used to finance real estate holdings controlled by Bey. Just last week, her nonprofit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The next day, a federal bankruptcy judge filed a Notice of Missing Documents, which means the case will be dismissed unless the group turns over its financial records by Monday.