Los Angeles Homeless Services CEO Charged with Defrauding Taxpayers to Pay for Luxury Lifestyle

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Los Angeles Homeless Services CEO Charged with Defrauding Taxpayers to Pay for Luxury Lifestyle

Ground News

Feb 3, 2026

Alexander Soofer diverted $23 million in public homeless-housing funds to support luxury purchases and falsified records while failing to provide promised services, prosecutors said.

• On Friday, Alexander Soofer, 42, CEO of Abundant Blessings, was arrested at his $7 million home and faces federal and state fraud charges involving more than $23 million in homeless housing funds.

• The nonprofit had been contracted with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to find shelter and provide three meals a day for more than 600 homeless residents, but Los Angeles County officials moved last March to take control after audits found reckless spending.

• Court documents detail luxury purchases and falsified invoices, including Soofer using funds for a $125,000 Range Rover, a $2,450 Hermes jacket, a Greece vacation home, and a Hawaii Four Seasons stay.

• He is charged federally with wire fraud and in state court with multiple felony counts, was released on $1.5 million bond and faces federal arraignment on Feb. 26.

• The arrests have fueled a public spat between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, while prosecutors warn billions spent haven’t helped some 72,000 people in shelters or encampments countywide.