Records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia show that a federal judge on July 31 postponed the sentencing of Ruby Corado, the founder and former executive director of the now closed D.C. LGBTQ community services organization Casa Ruby for a charge of wire fraud from Aug. 29 to Sept. 17.

The action by Judge Trevor N. McFadden marks the fifth time Corado’s sentencing has been postponed since she pleaded guilty on July 17, 2024, to a single charge of wire fraud as part of a plea bargain deal offered by prosecutors.

The charge to which she pleaded guilty is based on allegations that she diverted at least $150,000 “in taxpayer backed emergency COVID relief funds to private offshore bank accounts for her personal use,” according to a statement released by prosecutors with

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