BLM Activist Who Stole £30,000 From Online Fundraiser and Spent It on ‘Lifestyle Expenses’ Is Jailed

A Black Lives Matter activist who stole £30,000 from an online fundraising page and spent the money on hair, clothes, taxis and takeaway food has been jailed.
BLM Activist Who Stole £30,000 From Online Fundraiser and Spent It on ‘Lifestyle Expenses’ Is Jailed
Xahra Saleem leaves Bristol Magistrates' Court on Jan. 3, 2023. PA
Chris Summers
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A Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who stole £30,000 from an online fundraising page and spent it on “lifestyle expenses” has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for fraud.

Xahra Saleem, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in relation to a charitable company called Changing Your Mindset, which was set up in 2020 at the height of the BLM movement, and was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.

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