Former Hollywood Anti-Poverty Nonprofit CEO Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement, Cheating on Taxes

Former Hollywood Anti-Poverty Nonprofit CEO Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement, Cheating on Taxes
Downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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A former CEO of a Hollywood-based anti-poverty nonprofit was sentenced to six months in federal prison Dec. 13 for embezzlement and failing to report the funds on tax returns.

Howard Dixon Slingerland, 54, of Studio City, pleaded guilty March 8 to one count of conversion and intentional misapplication of funds from the organization that received federal money, and one count of signing a false federal income tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
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