Jeez! If that's what she looks like now, after $30,000 in cosmetic surgery, what must she have looked like before?
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Posted on 02/19/2026 9:28:53 PM PST by Libloather
A nonprofit executive accused of stealing $132,000 in public money to fund her lavish lifestyle is being held behind bars.
Amy Knox, who was COO of Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego, pleaded not guilty to allegedly stealing cash for plastic surgeries, credit card bills and luxury vacations to Hawaii and Disneyland.
The 45-year-old faces six felony counts of fraud and misappropriation and faces up to seven years in prison.
Late Wednesday Knox pleaded not guilty to the charges in San Diego State Supreme Court. Her bail was set at $200,000.
On Thursday she remanded in custody at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry jail facility. Her attorney, Richard Katzman, did not respond to calls for comment.
Knox is accused of pilfering tens of thousands of dollars on a high-flying lifestyle that included buying purebred dogs, training them and taking martial arts classes.
The former COO, who also went by the names of Amy Hernandez and Amy Ketchum, allegedly spent another $30,000 on plastic surgeries including breast implants, breast lifts, a tummy tuck and arm and thigh lifts.
The money, raised from tax contributions, grants and opioid settlement funds, was meant to be spent on free anti-overdose medication and fentanyl tests for drug users in the city.
Knox appeared drawn and tired behind a glass window at Wednesday’s hearing. She is due back in court on Feb. 25 for a bail hearing.
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Not the same.
She was looking pretty good until the picture with the speaker in front of her😆
Excuse me…but San Diego State Supreme Court??!! I graduated from SDSU so I’m pretty sure that doesn’t exist, lol. Don’t they ever proofread at the “California Post?”
Jeez! If that's what she looks like now, after $30,000 in cosmetic surgery, what must she have looked like before?
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Given how extensive the leftist culture of corruption has become, all left-affiliated NGOs and 501(c) orgs need to be audited for this sort of fraud and self-enrichment. The “COO” title she has is cute too, just like a real company!
“Given how extensive the leftist culture of corruption has become, all left-affiliated NGOs and 501(c) orgs need to be audited for this sort of fraud and self-enrichment. The “COO” title she has is cute too, just like a real company!”
Their bank account statements should be publicly available online. There is never only one cockroach. They only caught this one because someone snitched and had a conscience. there are thousands of others who honor the “Omerta” of NGOs. See my tagline.
Hopefully, this ugly sociopath will spend many years in prison and have ALL of her assets seized. People like her have no integrity or shame.
we can’t see the parts of her that she spent the money on, she might have an absolutely rockin’ bod
She gets another free vacation on with free meals and one cup of coffee a day.
I was trying to find the section of the story where Disneyland entered its plea.
This NGO operative was such a civic minded COO that she had at least 2 AKAs?
This is all it takes to fraudulently abscond with Democrat/Communist's constituent funds? Minnesota is just the tip of the monstrous ice-berg.
If these optics continue, this won’t be a crime soon.
LOL, that was my thinking as well. The robber got robbed….
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