St. Louis-area nonprofit founder admits to student meal fraudKMOVPublished: May 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM EDT
The founder and owner of a St. Louis area non-profit, intended to feed low-income families, has admitted to a $2.3 million student meal fraud.
Cymone McClellan, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors said she admitted that she and 43-year-old Terra Davis submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from January 2019 to June 2022 on behalf of their nonprofit, Sister of Lavendar Rose.
Federal documents stated McClellan claimed to have served 860,876 meals to children in the area, but “she only purchased enough food and milk to serve fewer than a quarter of those meals.”
McClellan admitted to spending $60,000 from Sister of Lavendar Rose’s bank account for a down payment on a home in Collinsville and tens of thousands of dollars for a Florissant home along with a handful of vehicles, including some high-end cars such as a Mercedes-Benz and a Lexus. ...
I'm sure this sort of thing is rare in the world of taxpayer-funded non-profits.
