马里兰州两参议员撤回巴尔的摩两家非营利组织联邦拨款申请 涉案金额各300万美元与100万美元
马里兰州巴尔的摩市消息，马里兰州两名联邦参议员安吉拉·奥尔索布鲁克斯和克里斯·范霍伦10月27日被披露已撤回为巴尔的摩两家非营利组织申请的联邦拨款，原因是调查对这些组织的财务提出了疑问。申请于4月20日提交，两人分别申报了为人类服务组织KEYS Empowers申请300万美元的拨款（指向同一项目），范霍伦还为东北住房倡议组织（NEHI）申请了100万美元；两人在得知调查后撤回了申请，国会尚未批准2027财年预算。KEYS Empowers今年9月遭到联邦调查局突击搜查，其执行主任穆贾希德·穆罕默德随后辞去巴尔的摩市学校董事会职务；突击搜查本身并不证明存在不当行为。马里兰州卫生监察长办公室4月30日的报告称，KEYS Empowers应向州政府退还超过40万美元，约占其三个财年所获州拨款的一半，报告提到超额拨款、记录差异和文件不足。NEHI方面则面临涉加密货币捐款的联邦调查、联邦税务留置权和多起诉讼，首席执行官加里克·古德本月已辞职。
Maryland Senators Withdraw Federal Funding Requests for Two Baltimore Nonprofits, for Projects of $3 Million and $1 Million
Baltimore, Maryland — Maryland's two U.S. senators, Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, were reported on October 27 to have withdrawn requests for federal funding for two Baltimore nonprofits, after investigations raised questions about the organizations' finances. The requests were submitted on April 20: each senator filed a request seeking $3 million for KEYS Empowers, a human services organization, for the same project, and Van Hollen also requested $1 million for the North East Housing Initiative (NEHI). Both withdrew the requests after learning of the investigations, and Congress has not yet approved the fiscal 2027 budget. KEYS Empowers was raided by the FBI in September, and its executive director, Mujahid Muhammad, subsequently resigned from the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; the raid itself does not establish that wrongdoing occurred. An April 30 report by the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health said KEYS Empowers should return more than $400,000 to the state, about half the state funding it received over three fiscal years, citing overfunding, discrepancies in records and inadequate documentation. NEHI faces a federal inquiry involving a cryptocurrency donation, federal tax liens and multiple lawsuits, and its chief executive, Garrick Good, resigned this month.
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