A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City has returned an indictment against Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, a senior leader of the Black Lives Matter organization in the city, on wire fraud and money laundering charges, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Robert J. Troester announced in a press release Thursday.
According to the Indictment, beginning in at least 2016, Dickerson served as the Executive Director of Black Lives Matter OKC (BLM OKC). As Executive Director, Dickerson had access to BLM OKC’s bank, PayPal, and Cash App accounts.
While BLM OKC was not a registered tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the organization allegedly accepted charitable donations through its affiliation with the Arizona-based Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ). FGJ served as a fiscal sponsor to BLM OKC and required the BLM group to use its funds only as permitted by Section 501(c)(3).
AFGJ also required BLM OKC to “fully account upon request for the disbursement of all funds received and prohibited BLMOKC from using its funds to purchase real estate without AFGJ’s consent,” prosecutors said.
Photo: Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson via Facebook
On the heels of the George Floyd riots in 2020, BLM OKC began to raise funds in support of its social justice mission from online donors, as well as from national bail funds. In total, BLMOKC raised more than $5.6 million, which included grants from national bail funds, including the Community Justice Exchange, Massachusetts Bail Fund, and Minnesota Freedom Fund.
The bulk of these funds were routed through AFGJ as fiscal sponsor to the local BLM organization.
According to the Indictment, BLMOKC was supposed to use these national bail fund grants to post pretrial bail for individuals arrested in connection with nationwide protests — many of which turned into riots — following George Floyd’s death. When bail funds were returned to the organziation, BLM OKC would sometimes to keep all or a portion of the grant funding to establish a revolving bail fund, or for BLMOKC’s social justice mission, as permitted by Section 501(c)(3).
“Despite the stated purpose of the money raised, and the terms and conditions of the grants, the Indictment alleges that beginning in June 2020 and continuing through at least October 2025, Dickerson embezzled funds from BLMOKC’s accounts for her personal benefit,” Troester wrote in the press release.
The indictment alleges that Dickerson deposited roughly $3.15 million in bail fund refund checks into her personal account, rather than BLM OKC’s accounts as required by law.
Among other things, Dickerson used the funds to pay for recreational travel to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic for herself and her associates, shopping sprees, $50,000 in grocery deliveries for herself and her children, a personal vehicle registered to her name=, and six real properties in Oklahoma City deeded in her own name or in the name Equity International, LLC, an entity she exclusively controlled, according to the indictment.
The indictment further alleges that Dickerson used interstate wire communications to submit two false annual reports to AFGJ on behalf of BLM OKC.
Dickerson reported that she had used BLMOKC funds only for tax-exempt purposes, and did not disclose that funds were used for personal benefit.
On December 3, 2025, a federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment charging Dickerson with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. For each count of wire fraud, Dickerson faces up to 20 years in federal prison, and a fine of up to $250,000.
As for each count of money laundering, Dickerson faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the amount of the criminally derived property involved in the transaction.
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