Charity boss blew $11M meant for needy kids on mansions, flashy yellow Mercedes for her lover: feds https://t.co/YOsl8oAAKP pic.twitter.com/ip4tgNdcoq
— New York Post (@nypost) October 22, 2025
She was hungry for money.
A Missouri charity boss swiped nearly $11 million meant for starving, low-income kids and blew it on lavish items such as mansions and a flashy yellow Mercedes for her boyfriend, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Connie Bobo, 46, who ran the New Heights Community Resource Center in Bridgeton, allegedly claimed she had spent $20 million of the federally allocated taxpayer money to feed the children between February 2019 and March 2022.
But she actually spent less than half of those “meal reimbursement” funds on food — instead plunking down big bucks on real estate and “luxury goods,” and giving her romantic partner $1.4 million, according to prosecutors.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/charity-boss-blew-11m-meant-for-needy-kids-on-luxe-goods-feds/
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