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Minnesota AG Sues Ex-Exec Over $6.5M Nonprofit Misuse

5/10/2026

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Trahern Pollard and Jaclyn McGuigan for misusing $6.5 million of nonprofit assets.
Pollard moved nonprofit contracts to the for-profit firm Change Makers after the investigation began.
The suit says Pollard moved millions to personal accounts, used a nonprofit credit card for spending, and funded his liquor store.
By April 2026 the nonprofit kept a Cub Foods contract and could not operate during Minneapolis’s Operation Metro Surge.

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Trahern Pollard and Jaclyn McGuigan for misusing $6.5 million of nonprofit assets.
Pollard moved nonprofit contracts to the for-profit firm Change Makers after the investigation began.
The suit says Pollard moved millions to personal accounts, used a nonprofit credit card for spending, and funded his liquor store.
By April 2026 the nonprofit kept a Cub Foods contract and could not operate during Minneapolis’s Operation Metro Surge.