D.C. sues nonprofit, alleges misuse of HIV/AIDS funds to renovate night club

dcogcadmin | August 31, 2011

The District is suing a nonprofit for allegedly diverting more than $300,000 in city grants intended to fund a job-training center for people with HIV/AIDS to instead renovate what became the Stadium Club, a popular nightspot that boasts “five-star dining” and nude dancers.

The office of the D.C. attorney general filed suit Tuesday against Cornell Jones, a former drug kingpin who founded a nonprofit organization called Miracle Hands three years after he served nine years on a 27-year sentence for drug distribution.

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The District is suing a nonprofit for allegedly diverting more than $300,000 in city grants intended to fund a job-training center for people with HIV/AIDS to instead renovate what became the Stadium Club, a popular nightspot that boasts “five-star dining” and nude dancers.

The office of the D.C. attorney general filed suit Tuesday against Cornell Jones, a former drug kingpin who founded a nonprofit organization called Miracle Hands three years after he served nine years on a 27-year sentence for drug distribution.

For more of this story, click here.