Federal prosecutors charged the executive director of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City (BLMOKC) with a major wire fraud and money laundering scheme, authorities said Thursday.
A federal grand jury indicted Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, on Dec. 3 with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. Dickerson allegedly pocketed over $3 million in returned bail checks meant for the organization’s mission.
Dickerson ran BLMOKC starting in 2016 at the latest and received access to the organization’s bank, PayPal and Cash App accounts, the indictment read. The group raised over $5.6 million following George Floyd’s death in 2020, receiving grants from national bail funds such as the Massachusetts Bail Fund, the Minnesota Freedom Fund and the Community Justice Exchange.
The money was supposed to bail out individuals arrested during BLM demonstrations, according to the indictment. When courts returned bail payments, the bail funds sometimes granted permission for the BLMOKC to keep all or some of the money for a bail fund or for pursuing the group’s mission. This was allowed under Section 501(c)(3), the DOJ noted.
NEWS ALERT from @FBIOklahomaCity: Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City Charged in Federal Court with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
A federal grand jury Indictment has been unsealed, charging Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, of Oklahoma City, with wire… pic.twitter.com/qorQH7Bnhw
— FBI (@FBI) December 11, 2025
Prosecutors alleged Dickerson instead placed at least $3.15 million of the returned bail funds inside her own accounts between June 2020 and at least October 2025. She then spent the money on Caribbean vacations to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic for herself and others connected to her, retail shopping sprees to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, at least $50,000 in groceries and food for her kids and herself, a vehicle put under her name and six Oklahoma City properties, according to the indictment.
Dickerson also submitted two false yearly reports to the Alliance for Global Justice, which served as BLMOKC’s fiscal sponsor, claiming she employed funds solely for tax-exempt reasons, authorities alleged.
Each wire fraud count carries up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, according to the DOJ. Each money laundering count carries up to 10 years if found guilty.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Oklahoma City Field Office and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation.
A Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation spokesperson responded to the Daily Caller’s request for comment. “The Black Lives Matter movement practices a model of decentralized leadership. The Black Lives matter Global Network Foundation operates independently from local chapters, and the local chapters operate independently of the foundation. The Foundation remains committed to transparency and integrity, and disrupting what philanthropy looks like in service to Black people,” the spokesperson said.
