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WASHINGTON (7News) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Ruby Corado, the founder of D.C.-based nonprofit Casa Ruby, will be released from jail ahead of a trial for fraud and money laundering charges.

Corado,53, is accused of fleeing to El Salvador after facing accusations of stealing and laundering money that was meant for a nonprofit that served the LGBTQ+ community.

Corado allegedly diverted at least $150,000 in taxpayer-backed emergency relief funds to her private offshore bank accounts for personal use.

When financial irregularities at Casa Ruby became public in 2022, officials said Corado sold her Prince George’s County home and fled to El Salvador.

The nonprofit shut down in July 2022, closing its transitional housing and failing to pay employees.

On March 5, 2024, FBI agents arrested Corado in a Laurel, Maryland hotel after she unexpectedly returned to the U.S.

During a bond hearing Tuesday, a judge ordered that Corado be released to a third-party custodian with conditions of home confinement and the use of a GPS tracker.