A significant corruption scandal has emerged in San Francisco, involving a nonprofit organization and city officials. An investigation led by David Chiu's office uncovered an intentional scheme by a San Francisco nonprofit to defraud the city and its taxpayers of over $100,000 through fraudulent invoices and expenses. This revelation led to the nonprofit being barred from receiving City contracts and grants. In a related development, Susan Murphy, a former executive at the implicated nonprofit and a city commissioner appointed by Mayor London Breed, resigned following allegations of her involvement in approving the fraudulent invoices. This scandal has also spotlighted operational challenges within the city's nonprofit sector, as the head of the Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services departed less than a year after its establishment, amidst complaints from some nonprofits about a new invoicing system causing payment delays.
In case you missed the latest S.F. corruption case. It has now toppled a city commissioner, who allegedly ok’d fake invoices for a troubled nonprofit >>> https://t.co/E04Y3w5YbG
Susan Murphy resigned in the wake of a city investigation that alleged she OK’d faked invoices for a nonprofit now barred from working with the city. https://t.co/d2ndlsRyxa
Mayor @LondonBreed appointed Susan Murphy and of course removed her from her post once the fraud came out (thanks to @DavidChiu doing his job for once). However, Breed’s friends and fellow City Family members are running nonprofits all over S.F. #BuckleUp #VOSF https://t.co/fCoxAjgM4y
A former executive at a San Francisco nonprofit accused of bilking city taxpayers out of $100,000 through fraudulent invoices and expenses was removed from her post on a city commission by Mayor London Breed, who appointed Murphy, on Wednesday. https://t.co/MJqs6rRcQo
NEW: the head of the newly-created Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services left her role within a year, which is bad timing as some nonprofits say a switch to a new invoicing system has left them struggling and unpaid https://t.co/HbdFig6ZsU
Today my office blocked a nonprofit from receiving City contracts & grants after an investigation revealed an egregious & intentional scheme to illegally extract over $100,000 from the City and its taxpayers. https://t.co/RAOHCmV18y