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DOJ says Abundant Blessings executive agreed to plead guilty in homelessness-funding scheme
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported that executive director Alexander Soofer signed a plea agreement filed September 16 in which he agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. According to DOJ, Soofer admitted participating in a referral-bribery scheme, obtaining $23 million in public homelessness funding, securing at least some of it through fraud and taking at least $2 million for personal enrichment and unrelated businesses. DOJ said a related indictment alleges an employee of another nonprofit received more than $180,000 in bribes and kickbacks tied to referrals and fabricated participant records.
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Donor relevance
Why this matters
An executive’s admissions concerning public money and personal enrichment represent a severe governance and stewardship failure at a charity funded to serve unhoused people.
Attribution
Who reported or established this
The admissions and plea terms were reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office from a plea agreement filed in federal court; related allegations against other defendants come from an indictment.
Evidence limits
What remains unverified
No Halo has not independently reviewed the complete financial trail or established the full loss to Abundant Blessings and its beneficiaries. The consulted source said Soofer was expected to plead guilty later, so No Halo has not established that the court accepted a plea or imposed judgment.
Right of reply
Organization response
No separate response from Abundant Blessings or its board was located in the consulted material.
Classification
How No Halo records this event
Event type: Filing. Current state: Pending. No Halo preserves the current procedural state rather than treating every mention as a finding.
Published September 16, 2026 · Last verified September 18, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.