ISANTI, Minn. (FOX 9) - The founder of Project 612 said there is a sense of betrayal because he trusted the person who is now accused of swindling the program’s grant money.

Treasurer charged

The backstory:

Marshaan Johnson grew up in Minneapolis playing basketball and started Project 612 to help train and mentor young athletes and at-risk youth.

"I started playing basketball. Went to North High. Went to MCTC for junior college. Then I went to St. Scholastica to play for my four years," said Johnson. "I studied exercise physiology, developed a product called the Whettball, that’s designed to dribble underwater."

What he needed in the early stages of starting his organization was an established 501(c)(3) organization to serve as a fiscal agent.

That is when he said earlier this ye

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