Transgender therapist jailed for allegedly stealing $940,000 in taxpayer funds
Jacob Rostovsky, the 33-year-old transgender male CEO of Queer Works — a nonprofit dedicated to mental health care access for transgender, gender nonbinary, and intersex (TGI) individuals — has been indicted on 53 felony counts for allegedly stealing over $940,000 in taxpayer money from the city of Palm Springs, California. Rostovsky has pleaded not guilty on all counts. Rostovsky surrendered himself to the local district attorney’s office on October 17 and posted a $944,000 bail. He faces charges of fraudulent claims, grand theft, misappropriation of public funds, insurance fraud, perjury, and money laundering, according to the district attorney’s office . Related Author of “Don’t Say Gay” law stole $150,000 in COVID funds. He’s going to jail. He said opponents of the anti-LGBTQ+ law want to “sexualize your 6 year olds.” He was stealing government funds at the same time. In July 2021, Riverside County awarded grants to Queer Works to fund programs to help homeless individuals