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The end to the ordeal is near… The following is a mixed bag of good and bad news.

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A judge says eight suspended members of the nation’s oldest black sorority should be reinstated and a multi-year lawsuit over issues involving sorority money ended.

The members of the Chicago-based Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sued the sorority and leader Barbara McKinzie in Washington in 2009. They were suspended as a result shortly after. The sorority sisters questioned McKinzie’s spending and payments to her.

On Tuesday, a D.C. judge wrote in a 61-page opinion that the members were improperly suspended. But the judge said the members failed to offer evidence, at least without expert testimony, that sorority leaders made improper financial decisions.

The decision could be appealed, but the judge suggested the parties settle instead. A lawyer for the members, A. Scott Bolden, said Thursday his clients were considering appealing.

Full story HERE.

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Mo’Kelly will be hanging out at the Alpha Kappa Alpha public meeting tomorrow night (Thursday) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  If you’d like to say hello or give Mo’Kelly a piece of your mind, feel free to let your voice be heard.

If you have something you’ve been wanting to say…say it.  Let your voice be heard.  Over the past three years Mo’Kelly has received all sorts of emails, notes and letters expressing a wide expanse of thoughts and emotions.  Some were complimentary, others confrontational.

Mo’Kelly will be hanging with the Ques tomorrow evening.  Come say hello.  If there are thoughts you’d like to express to Mo’Kelly personally, you are welcome to do so and gladly I will engage you in respectful, substantive dialogue.

Word on the street that Alpha Kappa Alpha Supreme Basileus Carolyn House Stewart will also be in attendance tomorrow.  She is welcome to engage Mo’Kelly as well.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

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This is a summary of Evelyn Sample-Oates’ testimony under oath on February 25, 2013.  Meaning, the investigation

Evelyn Sample-Oates

continues into the $2.1 million (estimated) taken by Barbara A. McKinzie from Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.  To be clear, the following is a summary of testimony, not exact quotes except where indicated…and comes from a very, very, very close source to the proceedings.  In short, Sample-Oates in her testimony alleges that she was in the dark about the inappropriate nature of the payments until she was made aware by other members of the sorority and wants justice to be done in this matter.  Sample-Oates is the former North Atlantic Regional Director for the sorority.

Take the following as you will…

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1.       Evelyn Sample Oates testified that it is the duty of the Directorate to take steps that are appropriate and in the best interests of the members of the sorority. The Directorate is required to act in the best interests of the members and should seek restitution of any monies that were inappropriately taken or misappropriated from AKA between 2006 and 2010. She also said that any misuse or misappropriation of AKA funds by officers of the organization would be a breach of the Directorate’s duty that is owed to the organization. She stated further that AKA should seek restitution of the misappropriated money from the officer.

2.       No documentation was given to support the large sums of

Barbara A. McKinzie

money Barbara McKinzie was paid. The report was all word of mouth. She said she was troubled by the decision to pay the president $250,000 dollars because it was a volunteer position.

3.       Evelyn said that she abstained from voting for the motion to suspend the Plaintiffs because she felt they should have been sanctioned, not suspended. When asked why they were suspended and not Barbara McKenzie or Julia Brogdon Purnell, she said that the policy was not in effect when BAM filed the suit. She further stated that she was told by the Directorate that Purnell would be treated differently since she was a former president.

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4.       ESO stated that Glenda Glover was certainly more than capable of doing the job. There was a lot of friction between Glenda and Barbara McKinzie which she thought stifled Glenda from doing a better job. She thought Glenda was fine. Glenda and Barbara did not get along and in her opinion, a lot of the reason they didn’t get along was because Glenda who was a CPA and very experienced, a financial person wanted to dig deep in her job and really dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s and that was something she wasn’t allowed to do because Barbara McKinzie stopped her from doing a lot of things and she thought it caused Glenda’s frustration and it caused friction between Glenda and Barbara.

5.      She had no reason to doubt the accuracy of the Ragland’s report. She said that she had a brief discussion with Carolyn about the report. She told her how disappointed she was. Carolyn was sympathetic toward her emotions. The conversation was short. It was more to comfort her because she was upset about the report.

 

6.     The first time she learned about the large payments to Barbara McKinzie was when different people told her in the summer. When they first came out about the checks that were written. They were in the newspaper and August of ’09 was when they first came out publicly and they were on the Weeping Ivy. That’s when she got wind of it. The Directorate knew nothing about the checks. She called some of her fellow regional directors to find out if they knew and they said “no.”

7.      She did not see the letters that Carolyn  House Stewart sent to

Carolyn House Stewart

Barbara McKinzie but she was aware that the letters would be sent. They had a vote to suspend Barbara McKinzie and she voted NO along with Gisele Casanova. She voted NO because she didn’t think that Barbara McKinzie should have been the only one suspended. She didn’t write these checks to herself and sign them. Other people should be involved in it. She thought it was premature.

8.       Evelyn was shown Carolyn’s letter to Barbara asking her to pay the money back. She said that the Directorate only voted to suspend Barbara. They never voted for her to pay the money back. However, she believes that Barbara should pay the money back. She thinks the organization as a whole wants the money back.

9.    Evelyn was told that Barbara McKinzie testified that she was a former president and a lifetime member of the Boule and could not be suspended. Evelyn was asked if she agreed with Barbara and she said NO.  I’m a lifetime member. I’m sorry, I don’t agree with that.

 

10.    She said that the Directorate was told by the national president that a special committee was appointed to examine Barbara’s use of AKA funds. Evelyn does not know who is on the committee and what their timeline is because Carolyn has not shared that information with them.

11.    She was asked about the forensic audit that Carolyn House Stewart commissioned. She did not know if it was completed because Carolyn will not share the report with the Directorate.

 

12.   The suspension letters to the 8 plaintiffs were written by the attorney. The language in the suspension letter was no her own. The two reasons for the suspension are the Weeping Ivy website and the filing of the lawsuit. Barbara McKinzie brought the discussion to the Directorate and a motion was put on the floor. Evelyn abstained because it was a former regional director from her region and three of the members were in her chapter. She didn’t believe they should be suspended. When asked about the paragraph in the letter that says, “Moreover, it has long been the policy of the sorority to suspend any member who initiates and maintains litigation against the sorority without having first exhausted her options under the sorority’s established policies and procedures.” When asked if this was her understanding, Evelyn said, “Yes.”  When asked where was the policy contained. Evelyn said, “In the Manual of Standard Procedures. However, we were told that it had gotten lost in the transcribing and it was no longer there at the time. But we voted to put the language back in.” She was asked if the language was in the current version of the Manual of Standard Procedure she said, “NO. We were told that it would come out in our next edition because it’s so costly to reprint them for just one or two policies, so we were told that it would come out in the next one. But it is in the minutes, it’s available for all members.”

13.   When asked how would a member know in 2009 that she would be suspended for filing a lawsuit against AKA if it was not contained in the Constitution, the Bylaws or the Manual of Standard Procedures. Evelyn said, “Well, I mean, we have a process to follow, which is in our Constitution and Bylaws. If you don’t follow a process, then you are violating our documents.” It was pointed out that Barbara McKinzie and other sorors sued the sorority and were never suspended. She was asked, why were these eight individual members treated differently? She said, “I can’t answer that. It was a vote brought up by the Directorate and that’s what they did. 

14.  Evelyn said that in her twenty plus years in the sorority she had not seen the “long-standing rule” in any of the sorority documents.

15.    Evelyn was asked how she was chosen by Joy Daley to be Cluster Coordinator, she said, ”I think that she may have gotten a recommendation from some source to choose me. I think somebody may have recommended me to her. She came to Philadelphia and attended an event, a big fundraiser event we had here in Philadelphia called Philly’s Men Are Cooking. I was president of the chapter. I think she got to see some of my leadership style and got to know me as a person. So I think because of that, and because some people that she was close to here, I told them I was interested in the position and they may have recommended me to her.”

16.    When asked, during the time Joy Daley was Regional Director in your region, did you feel she performed her job well? Evelyn said, “Yes.” Did you attend the the regional conferences that Joy Daley was responsible for putting on? Evelyn said, “Yes.” Did you feel those conferences were well organized and well run? Evelyn said, “Yes.”

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To add further insult to tremendous injury…AKA had paid ALL of Barbara A. McKinzie’s legal fees thus far.

And…And…AND!

AKA had been paying ALL of McKinzie’s state AND federal taxes. The enclosed letters speak for themselves. AKA has been asking McKinzie to pay the sorority back for her financial transgressions.

Safe to say that check is NOT in the mail.

Like Mo’Kelly said…somebody is going to jail.

I…

Told…

You…

So…

View the TELLING letters to Barbara A. McKinzie HERE.

It is firsthand confirmation that the sorority is still in the throes of multiple federal investigations, between the IRS, Department of Justice and a Federal Grand Jury probe.

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Since 2009, there have been several lawsuits filed in regard to alleged financial

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malfeasance on the part of Barbara McKinzie, Alpha Kappa Alpha’s former national head. In the Illinois Circuit Court, sorority members brought suit in Shackelford v. Alpha Kappa Alpha and Purnell v. Alpha Kappa Alpha. In the District of Columbia, sorority members brought suit in Daley v. Alpha Kappa Alpha. In Daley, plaintiffs brought claims of waste, fraud, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty and wrongful discipline. Prior to filing a lawsuit, the plaintiffs had voiced their concerns at chapter meetings and within the organization. They sought to receive answers from sorority leadership, and when their inquiries were rebuffed they asked to inspect the sorority’s records to assuage their concerns. When they exhausted more amicable options, they initiated a lawsuit against the sorority and its officers and directors. In response, they then had their membership privileges suspended. In late 2011, the D.C. Court of Appeals remanded this case to the D.C. Superior Court for further resolution of the matter (4).

Indeed, there are vast distinctions between brutalizing someone and stealing from one’s fraternity brothers or sorority sisters. There are, however, disturbing commonalities as well. First, they both emerge from a culture of secrecy, rule and law violation, and often persecution of whistle-blowers for “airing the organization’s dirty laundry.” Second, both involve the same set of excuses: “It’s some other member’s fault,” “If the victim(s) didn’t tell, the organization wouldn’t have this problem,” “I’m not the first to do this; it reflects a broader culture and not my own poor judgment,” or “the only reason we know about this incident is because there are people with personal agendas, being vindictive.” While hazing is undeniably far more prevalent than financial malfeasance within BGLOs, the cases brought by BGLO members against their organizations underscore the adage, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” The reason that there are far-fewer than a handful of court cases against BGLOs or their leaders for financial malfeasance is only because non-members, those with less compunction to “air dirty laundry about the organizations” than members, are not being directly harmed. Moreover, members who are in-the-know often do not want to harm their organization by taking the matter public or are fearful of being suspended or expelled and ultimately having deep fraternal ties — often intertwined with familial and professional relationships — undermined.

The amazing asymmetry between how BGLOs deal with rule and law violation amongst their rank-and-file members, especially undergraduates, vis-à-vis national leaders, especially the national heads, is disconcerting. The organizations are not hesitant to aggressively go after Joe and Jane Member for hazing. For example, several BGLOs publish the names of suspended and expelled members — often for hazing — on their national websites. Others underscore the fact that they have and will look to the courts to address hazing within their ranks. Reverend Herman “Skip” Mason, the 33rd General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, noted in a December 2009 press release, “We will take every legal means at our disposal, both civil and criminal, to charge and bring to justice any person who commits a crime and tarnishes our good name in the process.” However, when it comes to the national boards of these organizations dealing with financial malfeasance among their national heads, little seems to be done — certainly not to the extent that organizational rules or the law might dictate. Or the organizations are simply slow to act.

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For more than three years I have covered the financial malfeasance, embezzlement and outright pillaging of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. I have chronicled the efforts of 8 suspended members to be both reinstated and properly recognized each step of the way. When this story is finally recorded, you can best believe I will have a rightful place within it. I don’t say that for effect, fame or personal elevation.

I say it because it’s true.

If I can take credit for anything along the way, it’s pushing the story into the mainstream media. Through interviews with some of the principal participants and posting of the key documentation involved, I assisted in gaining the attention of both the IRS and the FBI in the investigation of the associated crimes.

But maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s instead start at the beginning and work our way to the present.

Before the mainstream media broke the initial news of the lawsuit and the infamous wax statue, I had long been reporting consistently (and many times with great comedic flair) as to the evolution of the initial lawsuit against the sorority; pushing mainstream media outlets to begin their coverage. Many lay individuals questioned my journalistic integrity and whether an “outsider” had any business publicly discussing the internal issues of the nation’s oldest

Sophia Nelson

African-American sorority; especially after my efforts led to national coverage by the media.

There were some members such as writer Sophia A. Nelson who attempted to fight fire with fire, using their own media platforms to both criticize me and the 8 plaintiffs.

We have been called “Criminal girls with 20 pearls,” “She say she say,” “AKA’s money gone funny,” “Sorority girls gone rogue” and worse. To be candid, it has been embarrassing for all of us to endure the negative publicity surrounding the lawsuit filed against our international president, Barbara A. McKenzie (sic), just one year after our centennial celebration in Washington, D.C., last July. And it has been downright heart wrenching to watch our sisters fight each other publicly with lawsuits and harsh indictments instead of finding a way to talk to one another directly and allowing our bylaws and internal oversight processes to deal with this matter privately.

As a sorority member, I can’t comment publicly on pending litigation. But as a loyal AKA, I want to set the record straight about the very meaningful legacy, enduring sisterhood and continuing relevance of Alpha Kappa Alpha despite this latest brouhaha”

Sophia A. Nelson for The Root – “Leave the AKAs Alone“

Yes, Nelson’s “concern” was all about the negative publicity (her words) and had nothing to offer on of the allegations and the tremendous consequences of them being true.  The organization’s president being (then) accused of stealing millions of dollars was just the “latest brouhaha?”

No, it wasn’t.  It was unprecedented in all of recorded history.

And about that wanting to “set the record straight” statement Sophia…

In the intervening years, an independent audit has concluded that former Supreme Basileus (international president) Barbara A. McKinzie stole, diverted and misappropriated more than 2.1 million dollars of the sorority’s finances. Note, Nelson loved her sorority so much, she couldn’t even quite figure out how to correctly spell the accused and embattled president’s name.

Just one month prior to Nelson’s editorial, on the popular Ivy Vine listserv for Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority member Daria Ibn-Thomas posted her ideas and thoughts on the matter. Ibn-Thomas, an attorney for the sorority and former board member with direct ties to McKinzie had this (and other insults) to say in an effort to glean “dirt” on myself and my family.

Mo’Kelly = Morris Will O’Kelly, he went by Will O’Kelly when he was at Georgetown. He graduated from high school (Torrance, CA) in ’87 or ’88 and should have graduated from Georgetown in ’91 or ’92.

My soror cousin/friends from Omicron Pi in the late 80s-early 90s are sleeping…so I am waiting for a reply. Hopefully with that information my super sleuth sorors on the Vine can track down his blood type, trace his DNA to a specific tribe on the African continent and tell me the chapters where his sister, mother,grandmother and aunties were made in Alpha Kappa Alpha.”

She went on to say (and mostly incorrectly) in a later posting…

I know that his mother and aunt are in Theta Alpha Omega, his grandmother is an Ivy Beyond the Wall.”

Beyond the other numerous and personal insults made by Ibn-Thomas on the Ivy Vine (which boasts an estimated tens of thousands of members and insults which I WON’T post here)  Ibn-Thomas (or Ibn-Tamas as certain, unrelated (ahem) court records name her…something about Mom murdering Dad…didn’t quite catch it all) and her intimations were clear. Not only were my family members allegedly advancing privileged sorority information to me but also they should be penalized and ostracized for doing so. The irony of her trying to out my family given her family history was not lost on me.

This, coming from an attorney for the sorority and former board member.  Keeping it classy, to be sure.

I could have gone “there” years ago, but didn’t.  Instead, I will opt to just link there and leave it to the rest of you to form your own opinions on the irony.

Hopefully in the future, people will understand that involving my family is in no way cool.

Ever.

Keep my family out of it and I will afford you the same.

Ibn-Thomas (Ibn-Tamas according to the aforementioned court documents) had no problem trying to turn the sorority against my family, citing them by name and chapter. I won’t do that, but a hyperlink to a public document is by all means a fair response.

My coverage of the sorority’s financial issues were EXPLICITLY used as a justification to NOT elect my sister as president of chapter Theta Alpha Omega and encouraged by the likes of Ibn-Thomas/Tamas. My employer at the time was contacted repeatedly by members of the sorority in direct connection to the national office as a form of leverage against me to stop my work. WordPress was contacted by the sorority in an attempt to have my blog shut down or have all associated posts removed….to no avail.

Certain members of the sorority in direct connection to the national office went to great lengths to stop me. The key point in all of this is that I was never sued. I have NEVER been sued in regard to any of my investigative journalism.

It hasn’t been blind luck, it’s been due to my commitment to fact-checking, corroboration and documentation prior to posting information. The goal has always been to be accurate, not to be “first” or “salacious” in nature. I’ve never posted rumors about anyone’s love life, sexuality or other supposedly defamatory information in regard to Barbara A. McKinzie…even it were both true and I had sufficient corroboration.

And yes, I had it.

I have always stuck to the facts and the evidence through documentation. I have troves of information that I never reported yet legally could have, serving only to embarrass McKinzie and the organization for all reasons unrelated to the financial issues.  But this was and will always be about the issues. McKinzie and her associates made it personal.

Very personal…and it was not forgotten.

Unfortunately, those in opposition to my work (and there are many) were more concerned with stopping “Mo’Kelly” and not stopping the theft of more than 2.1 million dollars from the sorority. More were concerned with keeping “Mo’Kelly” out of the loop, instead of putting Barbara McKinzie out of the sorority. More were concerned with saving face in a media sense, instead of saving the organization and preserving its 501C3 status in a reality sense. Now that we are closer to the end of this story, I thought it would be prudent to highlight the hypocrisy, the misguided priorities.

I politely and respectfully emailed Sophia A. Nelson, who was so effusive in her love for her sorority and adamant in her critique of my work and the plaintiffs in an editorial for The Root. I wanted to see if she had any public statement to make now, in light of Barbara McKinzie (note the correct spelling) being suspended from the organization. The first president in the 100+ year history of Black Greek letter organizations (BGLOs) to lose all rights and privileges as a member; is now unable to attend any sanctioned sorority gathering or legally wear any of its paraphernalia.  One criminal girl just lost her 20 pearls.

Remember, it was Sophia who said…

“As a sorority member, I can’t comment publicly on pending litigation. But as a loyal AKA, I want to set the record straight about the very meaningful legacy, enduring sisterhood and continuing relevance of Alpha Kappa Alpha despite this latest brouhaha.”

So of course since Mo’Kelly wasn’t now asking about any pending litigation and Nelson is all about setting the record straight (her words), she should jump at the chance to again go on the record as a member of the media, right?

"Please do not email me again...Love, Sophie."

Let’s see if Mo’Kelly has this right. Instead of constructive dialogue or offering the professional courtesy of an actual reply to a fellow media professional for her rebuke; she gave Mo’Kelly the editorial equivalent of the middle finger…again, three years later.  If Sophia could take the time to type “please do not email me” as opposed to ignoring the request altogether and blocking my email, she can surely type her acknowledgment of how wrong she was in her PUBLIC critique.

You got it wrong Sophia A. Nelson. Barbara A. McKinzie is likely going to jail for stealing 2.1 million dollars. Where is your editorial now Sophie?  Where does this rank in the legacy of the organization?

Instead of opting for a more private dialogue, Nelson in turn left me no choice but to go “Mo’Kelly” in the form of a very public monologue. Not emailing her anymore might have been what she requested…but she’s finding out right about now, it’s not what she really wanted. The dismissive response only led to a worse alternative; starring in The Mo’Kelly Report, meta-tagged and internet indexed for all eternity. Forever now, she is inextricably linked to Mo’Kelly with any search on her name.

Well done Sophie..you should have chosen the email route.  Hope it was worth it.

But I digress…

The reality in 2012 is that the IRS and FBI are conducting simultaneous and likely connected investigations into the theft and misappropriation of more than 2.1 million dollars from the sorority. The suspension of Barbara A. McKinzie by the sorority, though unprecedented is only the first shoe to drop and a calculated move to present the sorority as not being complicit in the theft. The original 8 plaintiffs against the sorority will likely win their lawsuit on the heels of the independent audit, the federal investigations and suspension of McKinzie. The financial implications could very well mean bankruptcy for the sorority due to fines, restitution and legal fees. And financial obstacles aside, given the depths of the fraudulent tax returns, the 501c3 status of the organization is by definition in jeopardy.

You can stop me any time I mention anything untrue Sophie.

That’s saying nothing of the likely indictments and criminal charges looming on the horizon. You don’t get to steal more than 2.1 million dollars, trigger the investigations of the Illinois Attorney General, IRS and FBI and there be no consequences. Words like “racketeering,” and “prison” come to mind. These are not impartial entities, they are advocates for the state and federal government. They don’t become involved to exonerate but instead to solidify a case before prosecution.

Remember, stop me anytime I venture into the realm of untrue or inaccurate Sophie.

There are those out there who will never see the point of my work or the need to expose Barbara McKinzie. They are those who would have rather continued paying their sorority dues while McKinzie brazenly diverted them, than see their beloved sorority in the newspaper for it. There are those, ironically enough who are of the mind that the IRS and FBI investigations are in fact “Mo’Kelly’s fault” and I am the reason for all this upheaval in the sorority.

Yes, blame the whistleblower, not the thief. I am a big boy and I can take it. I knew what I was signing up for and it wasn’t to become popular. I signed up to tell the truth. As long as I am on the right side of history (which CLEARLY I am) the truth is the only payment I need.

In other words…

I.

Told.

You.

So.

Now that I have been validated, verified and vindicated, here is some more truth for Sophie and anyone else who falls in the aforementioned groups of people who have/had a negative taste in their mouths.

The truth is, you naysayers owe Mo’Kelly an apology. Whether I get it is irrelevant. I’ve earned it, you owe it and that’s all that matters. The independent audit confirms as much. The pending results of the IRS and FBI investigations cement as much.

Women like Sophie owe Mo’Kelly an apology. Women like Daria Ibn-Thomas /Ibn-Tamas owe my mother, sister, great-aunt and late grandmother (her sorority sisters) a PUBLIC apology. Your insults to my family were public, and made available to tens of thousands of people.  Your apology should be the same.

Women of Theta Alpha Omega chapter, you too owe them an apology.

Yes, you Theta Alpha Omega.

Whether or not you give it to them on the other hand is highly relevant. In the way that you stood up for your non-blood-related sorority sisters, I’m more than within my right to stand up for my blood-related family, though UNrelated to these issues. Alpha Kappa Alpha collectively mistreated the 8 plaintiffs and my family, all of whom are your sisters and none of whom stole 2.1 million dollars from you and allegedly kept an account of it on a second set of books.

We’ve learned that it’s easy to pen editorials gushing about the wonderful historical legacy of an organization. We’ve learned it’s also easy to disrespect and disregard your fellow sorors and not recognize the contradiction. But evidently, we learned it’s also very difficult for some to swallow being called out for not conducting themselves in a way consistent with all you celebrate. I get it. The truth may set you free but it can be awfully unpleasant to stomach at times too. I get it, I do.

It’s ok Sophie, I know your apology is not forthcoming. The IRS, FBI and Illinois Attorney General will say volumes more than any apology from you or Daria Ibn-Thomas (Ibn-Tamas) ever will. And I will respect Sophie’s wishes and NEVER email her again.

But I will tweet this editorial, post it to Facebook, share it on every social network in which I participate as a reminder of how much I appreciated her return email. Her friends will surely email this to her as well. Stay classy Sophie.

See…

I.

Told.

You.

So.

Enjoy your Boulé and long live Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

…and long live The Mo’Kelly Report.

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Mo’Kelly was sitting on this information for the past week or so…needed more independent corroboration.

(But…now that I have it).

I have confirmed through multiple sources that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is in fact the subject of an FBI investigation in addition to the ongoing IRS inquiry.  I can not confirm if they are directly related or if one specifically triggered the other.  I have been given an answer, but yet to be confirmed.

Take that as you will…

The Mo’Kelly Report  IS comfortable saying that the suspension of Barbara McKinzie is in part in anticipation of the results of the audit and testimony given to both government agencies. 

More as it is confirmed…and not a moment before.

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Mo’Kelly has received word from a top source and insider that Barbara McKinzie, former Supreme Basileus for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has had her membership privileges suspended by the organization.

Suspensions usually include loss of ability to attend officially sanctioned sorority events on a national or local level or wear paraphernalia.

The investigation continues as to the degree of the embezzlement and the long term tax implications for the organization and its non-profit status.

Also suspended is former Executive Director Deborah Dangerfield.  Although Mo’Kelly is no longer conducting investigative work surrounding the issues, there will be select updates of news importance.

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