Casa Ruby Founder Sentenced to 33 Months, Told to Pay Nearly $1M for ‘Diversion of COVID-Relief Funds’

LGBTQ Organization Founder Sentenced For Fraud

Ruby Corado guilty of wire fraud was sentenced to 33 months prison time and restitution of over $950,000 in the U.S. District Court for DC.

Previously celebrated transgender activist sentenced to federal prison for D.C. nonprofit fraud

Ruby Corado may be deported back to El Salvador after she finishes serving her time.

Casa Ruby founder sentenced to 33 months, told to pay nearly $1M for ‘diversion of COVID-relief funds’

The founder of Casa Ruby, a D.C.-based nonprofit, has been sentenced to 33 months behind bars and ordered to pay almost $1 million to the Small Business Administration. A judge ordered Ruby Jade Corado, 56, of D.C., to pay $956,215 in restitution after she funneled at least $150,000 in COVID-19 relief funds into her private bank account in El Salvador, according to a Tuesday news release from the Department of Justice. Corado pleaded guilty in 2…

DC transgender activist gets 3 years in prison, ordered to repay $956K for COVID relief fraud

FBI agents arrested the activist, Ruby Corado, also the founder of the nonprofit Casa Ruby, in 2024 when Corado unexpectedly returned to the U.S. from native El Salvador.

Ruby Corado Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Wire Fraud

A federal judge imposed a sentence above guidelines after prosecutors said the former Casa Ruby director misused pandemic relief funds. The post Ruby Corado Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Wire Fraud appeared first on Metro Weekly.

Casa Ruby founder sentenced to 33 months, $950K for wire fraud

The founder of a D.C. nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth was sentenced Tuesday to almost three years in prison and $950,000 in restitution for funneling...