This check was deposited into the Malden Community Fund Committee Inc. private bank account. We have asked and not received the back of the check endorsements to verify who signed the check on behalf of the City of Malden.
Eastern Bank (formerly Century Bank) “All items must be endorsed exactly as drawn.” in their Business Deposit Account Agreement policy.
2. $150,306.71 is missing from the monies received by the City of Malden that belong to the Malden Community Fund between November 26, 2019, and January 25, 2025.
3. The City of Malden received $668,300.00 from the Encore Casino for the Malden Community Fund as Follows:
$100,000.00 on November 26, 2019
$102,500.00 in 2Q/3Q of 2020 (Failed to provide documents)
$105,063.00 on August 4, 2021
$107,689.00 on July 5, 2022
$125,000.00 on July 31, 2023
$128,125.00 in 2Q/3Q of 2024 (Failed to provide documents)
TOTAL $668,300.00
4. The Malden Community Fund deposited the following monies:
2019 – $100,000 deposited on December 11, 2019.
2020 – NO DEPOSIT MADE. (Short by $102,500.00)
2021 – $100,000 deposited on May 17, 2021. (Short by $5,063)
2022 – $100,000 deposited on February 7, 2022. (Short by $7,689)
2023 – $107,689 deposited on March 10, 2023. (Short by $17,311)
2024 – $110,381.29 deposited on June 17, 2024. (Short by $17,743.71)
TOTAL $ $518,070.29;
DIFFERENCE of $150,306.71
5. The City of Malden mysteriously added $150,307.00 on January 26, 2025, to the new special fund created by the Mayor? from three undisclosed sources, magically erasing the monies missing from the fund since 2020.
Where did this money come from? (Failed to provide documents)
What was the missing money used for? (Failed to provide documents)
6. The Malden Community Fund disbursed significant funds to IRS designated religious organizations in direct conflict with the Massachusetts Anti-Aid Amendment.
7. The Malden Community Fund only released funds during mayoral election cycles.
8. The Malden Community Fund failed to release any monies to the community or to any non-profit during the entirety of the COVID pandemic when it was needed the most.
9. The Malden Community Fund failed to register as a non-profit before June 11, 2024.
10. The Malden Community Fund has maintained and continues to maintain that it is and always has been a private corporation, not required to release public records or to follow the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law.
11. The Malden Community Fund failed to file all required paperwork with the State and the IRS between September 2019 and November 2024.
On May 2nd, 2025, Attorney, Maria Luise, special assistant to the Mayor of Malden, Gary Christenson, and President and Director of the Malden Community Fund Committee, Inc. provided a series of documents to OpenCommonwealth.org as agreed and specifically requested.
On May 2nd 2025, OpenCommonwealth emailed Ms. Luise indicating that the production was missing emails and text messages. OpenCommonwealth has information and is in possession of documents that are responsive to the request that were either withheld purposefully, or accidentally.
On May 3rd, 2025, OpenCommonwealth emailed Ms. Luise openly describing the problems presented by the documents released, in concert with all other documents publicly available and previously received by OpenCommonwealth.
On May 5th, 2025, Ms. Luise emailed OpenCommonwealth, indicating that no additional emails exist, no text messages were ever exchanged and now that all the money has been amassed into a new account, whatever has happened in the past does not matter, we disagree. Please see the Court Case below:
