PRESS RELEASE
Citizen Audit Team Exposes $29 Million to Extremist-Linked Group Homes—While Governor Moore Slashes Disability Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Scott Webber, No Hindutva Maryland — nohindutvamd@gmail.com
Robert Stubblefield, Former IRS Auditor —nohindutvamd@gmail.com
According to The Intercept, Jesse Singh & Sajid Tarrar were major fundraisers and donors to Aruna Miller and Wes Moore’s gubernatorial campaign, despite their non-profit being fined by the Maryland Attorney General due to allegations of Medicaid Fraud.
Maryland, March 12, 2025 — As Governor Wes Moore and Lt. Governor Aruna Miller move to gut Maryland’s Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) and slash Self-Directed Services (SDS), an investigation by a team of citizen auditors reveals that $29 million in state funds has already been funneled this year alone to a politically-connected disabilities group home empire operating under the name “Center for Social Change” (CSC).
CSC is founded and operated by Jesse Singh, founder of Sikhs for Trump, and Sajid Tarar, founder of Muslims for Trump — two extremist-linked donors tied to Hindu Supremacist (Hindutva) and far-right political networks.
The Citizens’ Audit researched for the past year CSC’s finances using public sources, including IRS filings and state records. Their findings, released today by No Hindutva Maryland, exposes how these extremist political operatives profit from public contracts for vulnerable people with disabilities, even as the Moore-Miller administration proposes deep cuts to their care and independence.
“This is pay-to-play corruption at its worst,” said Scott Webber, spokesperson for No Hindutva Maryland. “While Marylanders with disabilities are being told there’s no money for care, or competitive fair wages for caregivers, Trump-aligned and Hindutva-connected extremists are walking away with tens of millions. This is an outrage against both people with disabilities and Maryland taxpayers.”
“As a former IRS auditor, I’ve reviewed many nonprofit abuses, but this one stands out,” said Robert Stubblefield. “From Medicaid fraud to self-dealing and political kickbacks, this is a case where extremist operatives are profiting off the backs of the most vulnerable Marylanders. It demands immediate action.”
Scott Webber of No Hindutva Maryland said: “Because we rely on public data, and the IRS has delayed posting many nonprofits' most recent Form 990 filings, we’re only now seeing that CSC’s latest submission continues to show a blatant disregard for public accountability. Our original audit is based on the most current data available, including CSC’s Form 990 filed in May 2023.”
The latest IRS filing from May 2024 now shows that CSC’s executive compensation has increased by another half million. It just keeps getting worse.
Read the 2024 Citizens’ Audit by clicking here.
Key findings of the Citizens’ Audit include:
According to CSC’s Form 990 filed in 2023: Executive Pay was 3x higher than industry standards, totaling 8.1% of nonprofit revenue.
Self-dealing with a forfeited LLC owned by Singh’s wife, funneling taxpayer funds to family members.
CSC’s has a troubled record of Medicaid fraud, including a $331,000 settlement for overbilling and false billing.
According to news reports: over $100,000 in campaign donations to Moore and Miller from Singh, Tarar, and their network, despite ethics concerns & the Medicaid fraud fine a year earlier
The audit further suggests that the Moore-Miller administration’s proposed cuts to SDS are part of a corrupt quid pro quo, where people with disabilities are being deliberately forced out of Self-Directed Services (SDS) and into institutional group homes controlled by Singh and Tarar — by slashing SDS caregiver compensation to below a living wage and making home and community-based care impossible to sustain.
It should be noted here that according to public records: the Center for Social Change has been a Defendant in at least 30 different civil suits in Maryland courts. This is addition to a settlement action with the Maryland Attorney General’s office regarding the understaffing of at least 15 group homes owned and operated by CSC in 2021. A well known fact in political circles, Moore and Miller still participated in a major fundraiser where they were hosted by Tarar and Singh the VERY next year in 2022.
“This isn’t just corruption; it’s an assault on Maryland’s disability community,” said Webber. “Governor Moore and Lt. Governor Miller are enabling the funneling of vulnerable people into institutions run by his donors—at the expense of their freedom and dignity. It looks and feels as if the Moore-Miller administration is trying to play like Blagojevich of Illinois.” Rod Blagojevich was the governor of Illinois who sought to sell then President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat to the highest bidder.
About No Hindutva Maryland
No Hindutva Maryland is a coalition of a dozen grassroots organizations from across Maryland and nationally working together to highlight and oppose the rise of Hindu Supremacism (Hindutva) and other supremacist movements. The coalition stands for inclusive, transparent, and just governance that protects the rights and dignity of all Marylanders, with a focus on marginalized and underrepresented populations, most certainly including people with disabilities.
Demands from No Hindutva Maryland:
Full review and independent audit of all CSC contracts to ensure care quality and prevent ongoing corruption — with no disruption to services for existing residents.
Restitution and clawback of all funds gained through self-dealing and fraudulent practices by Jesse Singh and Sajid Tarar.
An immediate halt to DDA and SDS budget cuts, and full funding for living wages for SDS caregivers to protect the rights of people with disabilities to live independently.
A public repudiation of Hindu Supremacist and far-right extremist influence in Maryland politics by Governor Moore and Lt. Governor Miller.
“If Maryland is truly committed to equity and inclusion, it cannot keep rewarding extremists who profit from public contracts while people with disabilities suffer,” said Stubblefield.
Read the full citizen’s audit here.
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