A Los Angeles man is now facing federal fraud charges, accused of swindling millions of dollars out of homelessness programs.
Prosecutors say Alex Soofer was charged with wire fraud, claiming he funneled the money into designer clothes, luxury vacations, and his homes in Westwood and Greece.
He is the executive director of “Abundant Blessings,” a charity based in Hyde Park.
Under this charity, he is accused of stealing $23 million from Los Angeles’ homeless services between 2018 and 2025, through multiple contracts for unhoused people or those at risk of becoming homeless.
Prosecutors say there was no vetting process and are vowing to find out where every dollar went.
This is the third such case to emerge from a federal task force launched last spring to investigate claims of fraud and corruption involving L.A. homeless programs.
If convicted, Soofer faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
This comes after President Trump recently pardoned a San Diego woman convicted in another multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
In 2016, Adriana Camberos and her then-husband were originally convicted of conspiring to sell counterfeit energy drinks.
Prosecutors say the bottles were mixed in unsanitary conditions.
President Trump commuted her sentence in 2021, but not long after, she and her brother were convicted again of defrauding manufacturers to resell food at inflated prices.
Prosecutors say she and her brother committed bank and mail fraud to avoid discovery, and made millions in illegal profits to fund a lavish lifestyle.
The president has issued a number of clemencies during his second term, despite his crackdown on accusations of fraud at Somali day care centers in Minnesota.
