Kai Brockington, 36, Pleads Guilty to Running Bogus Charity in Georgia
ATLANTA – Kai Brockington pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud and tax fraud for running a bogus charity that duped multiple large corporations into sending him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Brockington, a resident of Dallas, Georgia, admitted to operating ‘Our Genesis Project,’ a non-profit entity that supposedly provided healthcare to underprivileged recipients. In reality, Our Genesis Project never conducted actual charitable work.
According to U.S. Attorney Byung J. ‘BJay’ Pak, Brockington caused employees of several large companies to falsely tell their employers that they had donated money to Our Genesis Project. These large companies had programs that permitted their employees to donate money to a charity and request that the company match those donations.
From 2013 through 2017, these large companies donated approximately $668,000 to Our Genesis Project through charitable matching programs. Instead of using the donations for charitable endeavors, Brockington spent the funds on himself and his family members to purchase jewelry, expensive clothing, trips to Italy and Disney World, as well as making renovations to his family home and paying for other living expenses.
Brockington repeatedly filed false tax returns with the IRS, including false federal income tax returns that failed to account for the money he was earning from this scheme. He also filed false charity returns that claimed Our Genesis Project was donating these funds for community grants, community activities, and community expenses.
Brockington pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018, to mail fraud and willfully filing a false federal income tax return. His sentencing is scheduled for August 22, 2018. This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas J. Krepp is prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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