Federal prosecutors charged Black Lives Matter OKC’s executive director with routing $3.15 million in bail fund money to personal accounts for travel and shopping.
The executive director of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Oklahoma City (OKC) has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering after federal prosecutors say she diverted more than $3.15 million in returned bail checks into her personal bank accounts over a five-year period, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, of Oklahoma City, is accused of routing money intended for the group’s bail fund and social justice programs into accounts she controlled between June 2020 and October 2025.
The indictment says Dickerson used the money « for her personal benefit », including travel to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, « tens of thousands of dollars in retail shopping », more than $50,000 in food deliveries, a vehicle and six real properties.
Those organizations routed most of the money through the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ), which served as BLM OKC’s fiscal sponsor and required that all funds be used for tax-exempt purposes permitted under Section 501(c)(3).
