Monica Cannon-Grant, the former leader of the Violence in Boston nonprofit, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to more than a dozen charges of fraud linked to her non-profit, COVID-19 relief funds and tax filings.

Federal officials say the 44-year-old from Taunton made misrepresentations to get thousands of dollars in donations to the Violence in Boston non-profit that she then used for personal expenses.

Cannon-Grant defrauded the City of Boston out of pandemic relief funds, rental assistance money, defrauded the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office out of Community Reinvestment Grant funds, filed false tax returns for two years and failed to file tax returns for two years, officials said.

She pleaded guilty to 18 counts and her sentencing hearing is set for Jan. 29, 2026.

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