Madonna's latest hits aren't coming on the charts.Back in March, her Raising Malawi charity scrapped plans to build a school in the country, replaced its board of directors and cut ties with her favorite L.A. hang, the Kabbalah Centre, amid reports of financial improprieties.
At the time, the Material Mom vehemently denied she was under investigation by the FBI and IRS. But now comes word that the Kabbalah Centre itself is being targeted for criminal prosecution.
So what's this mean for Madonna?
Per the Los Angles Times, the Internal Revenue Service is probing the four-decades-old spiritual center for allegedly using nonprofit funds to enrich its founders, the Berg family, close associates of Madonna.
In subpoenas reviewed by the newspaper that were recently issued as part of a grand jury probe of the Bergs and their organization, the government lists a number of for-profit business run by the family that are being investigated, but makes no mention of Madonna.
Her charities are nonetheless caught up in the probe due to the fact that the singer's Raising Malawi grew out of her association with Spirituality for Kids, an educational nonprofit Madonna championed and founded by Karen Berg, the Kabbalah Centre's head honcho.
According to the report, Madonna has donated more than $600,000 to the initiative and even served as its chairwoman of the board.
When she founded Raising Malawi, Madonna even tapped Karen's 37-year-old son, Michael Berg, as CEO, and the two began their highly publicized mission to build a $15 million all-girls academy in Malawi.
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