{"id":190546,"date":"2026-02-23T21:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190546\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:52:11","slug":"former-san-francisco-nonprofit-ceo-charged-with-misappropriating-1-2-million-in-public-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190546\/","title":{"rendered":"Former San Francisco nonprofit CEO charged with misappropriating $1.2 million in public funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former head of a San Francisco-based nonprofit providing services to the homeless has been charged with nine felonies for allegedly stealing and misappropriating more than $1 million in public funds, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office announced Monday that charges were filed against 71-year-old Gwendolyn Westbrook, the former CEO of the United Council for Human Services (UCHS). Westbrook was charged following an investigation by the District Attorney’s Public Integrity Task Force.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Westbrook is accused of unlawfully misappropriating public money and grant funds on behalf of UCHS, while exercising near-exclusive financial control over the organization,” the DA’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors charged Westbrook for one count of misappropriation, three counts of grand theft, one count of presenting a false invoice for payment and four counts of filing false California tax returns.<\/p>\n

Court documents allege Westbrook misappropriated more than $1.2 million in public funds from the nonprofit’s accounts to herself. Westbrook allegedly used a combination of undocumented cash withdrawals, self-issued payments and fraudulent reimbursement practices between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said additional large sums withdrawn from the group’s accounts remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

Westbrook is also accused of filing false tax returns for tax years 2020 through 2023. <\/p>\n

According to Jenkins’ office, Westbrook is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at the Hall of Justice.<\/p>\n

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