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Atlanta BLM Activist Facing Fraud Charges After Raising $200K And Reportedly Spending It On Himself

Emily Zanotti
Atlanta BLM Activist Facing Fraud Charges After Raising $200K And Reportedly Spending It On Himself
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A Black Lives Matter activist based in Atlanta, Georgia, is facing federal charges for money laundering and wire fraud after allegedly appropriating $200,000 in his organization’s funds for personal use, including the purchase of at least three weapons.

Tyree Lavelle Conyers-Page, also known as “Sir Maejor Page” was arrested in Toledo, Ohio, Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports, by federal investigators who later charged him with “one count of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering,” after a months-long investigation by the FBI’s Toledo field office.

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