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The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell

LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Homeless encampment in city
The Skid Row neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.

The US justice department has arrested Michael Young, a founder of the Culver City-based non-profit Home at Last, and Lakiya Malone, an employee of the Los Angeles-based Special Service for Groups. The two are expected to appear in court on Wednesday.

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