Overview

• Charmaine Gatlin admitted directing a decade-long embezzlement through false invoices and kickbacks while serving as the nonprofit’s COO from 2014 to 2024.
• Prosecutors say she approved about $2 million in bogus audiovisual invoices and received roughly $1 million in kickbacks, with vendor Yergan Jones also pleading guilty.
• Court filings describe personal spending using foundation funds, including luxury goods, Apple devices, and a rose‑gold golf cart delivered to her Weston home.
• Gatlin misused restricted donations, such as authorizing $55,101 for thousands of so‑called first aid kits that were falsely labeled as trauma burn giveaways.
• Sentencing is set for Nov. 25 before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom, with a maximum penalty of 20 years, as FBI Miami and federal prosecutors pursue restitution and forfeiture.