A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City has indicted Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, a senior leader of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City (BLM OKC), on multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Robert J. Troester announced Thursday.
[read more]
According to the indictment, Dickerson served as executive director of BLM OKC beginning in at least 2016 and had control over the organization’s bank, PayPal, and Cash App accounts. Although BLM OKC was not registered as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, it accepted charitable donations through a fiscal sponsorship with the Arizona-based Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ). Under that arrangement, BLM OKC was required to use funds solely for tax-exempt purposes, fully account for all disbursements upon request, and obtain approval before purchasing real estate.
Photo: Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson via Facebook
Following the 2020 riots after George Floyd’s death, BLM OKC raised more than $5.6 million from online donors and national bail funds, including the Community Justice Exchange, the Massachusetts Bail Fund, and the Minnesota Freedom Fund. These funds, routed through AFGJ, were intended to post bail for individuals arrested during nationwide protests, with returned bail money sometimes retained to establish a revolving bail fund or support the group’s stated social justice mission, as permitted under Section 501(c)(3).
Prosecutors allege that despite those restrictions, Dickerson embezzled BLM OKC funds for personal use from June 2020 through at least October 2025. The indictment claims she deposited approximately $3.15 million in refunded bail checks into her personal account instead of BLM OKC’s accounts. The funds were allegedly used for luxury travel to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, shopping sprees, roughly $50,000 in grocery deliveries for herself and her children, a personal vehicle, and the purchase of six properties in Oklahoma City deeded either in her name or to Equity International, LLC—an entity she exclusively controlled.
The indictment also alleges that Dickerson submitted two false annual reports to AFGJ using interstate wire communications, falsely claiming that BLM OKC funds were used exclusively for tax-exempt purposes and failing to disclose personal expenditures.
On December 3, 2025, a federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment charging Dickerson with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. Each wire fraud count carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Each money laundering count carries up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, or twice the value of the criminally derived property involved.[/read]