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DOJ said Abundant Blessings executive agreed to plead guilty in homelessness-funds scheme
The Justice Department announced that executive director Alexander Soofer agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. According to DOJ, Soofer admitted in a filed plea agreement that Abundant Blessings obtained $23 million in public homelessness funding, at least some through fraud, and that he diverted at least $2 million for personal enrichment and unrelated businesses. DOJ said he also admitted participating in a bribery scheme involving an SSG employee and agreed to forfeiture. The plea still required court proceedings.
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Donor relevance
Why this matters
The filing contains an executive’s admissions involving millions of dollars intended for homelessness services and raises substantial questions about billing, participant verification and oversight by contracting agencies.
Attribution
Who reported or established this
The admissions and planned guilty plea were described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office based on Soofer’s filed plea agreement.
Evidence limits
What remains unverified
No Halo has not established whether the court will accept the plea, the final restitution or forfeiture amounts, the total loss attributable to fraud, or the extent to which other charity personnel participated or had knowledge.
Right of reply
Organization response
Soofer’s plea agreement contains his reported admissions. No separate response from the charity’s board or other organizational representative was located in the consulted material; CalMatters described the charity as defunct.
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 20, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.