San Francisco Nonprofit Accused of Billing City $105,000 for Work That Was Never Done

Another nonprofit in San Francisco is accused of violating terms of agreements with the city by submitting fraudulent invoices worth $105,000, according to a complaint filed by officials May 6. City Attorney David Chiu suspended the Providence Foundation of San Francisco for “willful misconduct” and is seeking to block the nonprofit from receiving grants or contracts from the city for five years—the maximum allowed by law. “These actions have not only breached Providence’s grant agreement with the city and misled the city into paying for work that was never completed, but they deprived vulnerable San Franciscans of critical services that the city earmarked for their benefit,” Mr. Chiu said in the complaint....