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Oklahoma City BLM Leader Indicted on 25 Counts in Alleged $3.15 Million Bail-Fund Scheme

Prosecutors say the longtime director diverted returned bail checks routed through a fiscal sponsor into personal accounts, following an investigation by the FBI and IRS-CI.

FILE - The Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Oklahoma City, speaks during a rally outside the Stillwater Police Department in Stillwater, Okla., June 3, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Overview

  • A federal grand jury returned the indictment on Dec. 3 and it was unsealed Dec. 11, charging Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering.
  • The indictment alleges that between June 2020 and October 2025 she deposited at least $3.15 million in returned bail checks into personal accounts rather than Black Lives Matter OKC’s accounts.
  • Prosecutors say the money funded trips to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, tens of thousands in retail purchases, at least $50,000 in food deliveries, a vehicle, and six Oklahoma City properties.
  • BLM OKC raised more than $5.6 million starting in 2020 through donors and national bail funds routed via the Alliance for Global Justice, and the filing alleges two false annual reports to the sponsor.
  • Dickerson appeared in court Dec. 11 and was released on conditions; she later said on Facebook that she was safe, and she remains presumed innocent as AUSAs Matt Dillon and Jessica L. Perry prosecute the case.