Woman who posed as black makes plea deal in fraud case
AP
April 5, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former NAACP leader in Washington state who was exposed in 2015 as a white woman pretending to be black has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.
Rachel Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Diallo two years ago, was charged with two felonies last May.
Investigators alleged she failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income from her memoir, “In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World,†and other sources, so she could collect $8,847 in food and child care assistance from the state.
The Spokesman-Review reported Friday that Diallo entered into an agreement with prosecutors March 25 in Spokane County Superior Court to repay the money and complete 120 hours of community service to avoid a trial.
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