Demond Hunter

A default judgement has been granted to @DCAttorneyGen office in connection to a lawsuit it filed against former Cure the Streets vendor Women in Heels. Women in Heels is order to pay back OAG $60,502.48 and it's owner, Ikeia Hardy, has to pay back $57,302.48. Ikeia Hardy is hereby PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from serving as a Director or Officer of any District of Columbia nonprofit organization. In the lawsuit the OAG alledged: WIH received grant funding of up to $814,000 annually in Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 and 2023 to operate the Congress Heights CTS site. In 2023, OAG discovered financial irregularities at WIH and moved swiftly to suspend and then terminate WIH’s grant funding. After further investigation, and after giving WIH and Hardy multiple opportunities to explain their conduct, OAG filed suit alleging that WIH and Hardy violated District law by: - Diverting $57,302 in charitable funds to Hardy’s personal checking account. From June 2022 until March 2023, Hardy transferred $57,302.48 in nonprofit funds—which were also District grant funds—from WIH’s business and savings accounts to her personal checking account. -Failing to return more than $200,000 in unspent grant funds after WIH’s grant agreement was terminated. -When WIH’s grant agreement was terminated, OAG demanded that WIH return $59,678.08 in FY 2023 grant funding that had not been spent, and return $153,500.00 in FY 2022 grant funds for which documentation of spending had never been provided. WIH returned none of it. When the lawsuit was filed the OAG said “Women in H.E.E.L.S. and Hardy misused grant funds intended to keep District residents safe—taking advantage of taxpayers and undermining gun violence prevention efforts in Congress Heights,” said Attorney General Schwalb. “My office holds our grantees accountable through rigorous oversight and as soon as we become aware of this illegal conduct, we terminated the Women in H.E.E.L.S. grant. Now, we are seeking to recover the misappropriated funds and ensure that they are redirected toward public safety efforts in the District.” ______________________________

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