Black Muslim Temple Leader and Mother Sentenced for Fraud Ring

A minister of a Black Muslim temple in Oakland was sentenced Thursday to five years in state prison for his conviction on multiple felony counts for running a fraud ring to win security contracts in Alameda County and Los Angeles.

Prosecutors said Dahood Bey and his mother, Rory Parker, were the principals in BMT International Security Services, an unlicensed security firm that used fraudulent credentials to get more than $200,000 in contracts with Alameda County, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.

The firm also tried to get contracts with other government agencies such as the Port of Oakland. BMT, which was based out of a Black Muslim temple at 818 27th St. in Oakland, is an offshoot of Your Black Muslim Bakery, which was founded by Yusuf Bey in Santa Barbara in 1968 and moved its headquarters to 5832 San Pablo Ave. in Oakland in 1971. It shut down in 2007 after its leader, Yusuf Bey IV, one of Yusuf Bey’s many children, was implicated in the murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey.

Bey IV eventually was convicted of three counts of murder for ordering the deaths of Bailey and two other men and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Dahood Bey and Parker pleaded no contest on Oct. 6 during the second week of their trial in Alameda County Superior Court in Hayward. Bey pleaded to all 21 counts against him, which included conspiracy, filing false documents with government agencies, grand theft and failing to file state income taxes, Douglas said.

Parker pleaded to five felony counts. Formally imposing the terms of the plea agreement, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Michael Gaffey today sentenced Bey to five years in prison and placed Parker on five years’ felony probation. Parker also received credit for the 235 days she’s served in the county jail in connection with the case. Bey’s two wives, Qadirah Najeebah Bey and Jameelah Aasma Muhammad Bey, also pleaded no contest to 21 counts in October.

Previously, three other defendants in the case entered no contest pleas: Basheer Fard Muhammad, Billie Latrice Poindexter and Ira Dickerson. Bey’s wives and the other three defendants are also expected to be placed on probation when they’re sentenced next month.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said in a statement, “With today’s sentencing, a long running and complex criminal enterprise has been brought to justice.” She said, “I thank our partner agencies -- the California Franchise Tax Board, the Employment Development Department, the Department of Insurance, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, and the Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Security and Investigative Services -- for the collaboration that made this investigation and prosecution strong and effective.”

By Bay City News

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