Clarissa Lynn Combs, Wire Fraud, Minnesota 2019

Former Nonprofit Manager Sentenced to 71 Months for Wire Fraud

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Clarissa Lynn Combs, 49, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 71 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and making a false statement.

Combs, a former program manager for a Twin Cities nonprofit organization, pleaded guilty on December 4, 2019, to her role in a scheme that defrauded the organization of at least $684,081.90 in charitable funds.

Between April 2012 and February 2019, Combs recruited employees of the non-profit, as well as her family and friends, to pose as landlords and fictitious homeless clients to obtain the funds.

As part of the scheme, Combs made false statements to investigators to conceal her involvement and minimize her role in the conspiracy.

Combs was sentenced on [Date] by Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was also ordered to pay $684,081.90 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release after her prison term.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General, the FBI, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.

Assistant United States Attorney Miranda E. Dugi prosecuted the case.

Combs was convicted of:

• Conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 1 count
• False statements, 1 count

• 71 months in prison
• Three years of supervised release
• $684,081.90 in restitution

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/former-program-manager-twin-cities-nonprofit-sentenced-prison-fraud-false-statements