Woman blew $20M in Federal Funds meant for Low-Income Needy-Kids on herself and on her lover

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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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