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Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence
Cherfilus-McCormick faces 15 federal counts including theft and money laundering related to $5 million COVID-19 funds overpaid to her family’s health care company, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick reiterated her innocence outside a Miami federal courthouse, facing charges over $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds; she was arrested and released on a $60,000 bond and has pleaded not guilty.
- Trinity Healthcare Services received payments under a COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, requested $50,000, prosecutors say.
- Indictment accuses her on 15 federal counts, detailing alleged money flows and charges including funds directed to friends and relatives who then donated to her campaign and spending over $100,000 on a 3-carat yellow diamond ring.
- Rescheduling to Jan. 20 came with a ruling that she must surrender her personal passport and accept travel limits while retaining a congressional passport.
- Markus framed the allegations as non-felonious errors and called them politically motivated, while Cherfilus-McCormick affirmed she will cooperate fully and not resign.
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Florida Congresswoman Accused of Stealing $5 Million in COVID Funds Maintains Innocence
A South Florida congresswoman accused of conspiring to steal $5 million in COVID-19 disaster funds to pay for her campaign, maintained her innocence on Monday in a speech outside a Miami courthouse. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and several co-defendants were charged in November with taking the money, laundering the proceeds, and using the funds to support her 2021 congressional campaign. “I just want to make it very clear that I am i…
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Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has reiterated her innocence outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds.
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