US EditionUS Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
Prosecutors allege Cherfilus-McCormick laundered $5 million FEMA overpayment and funneled much into her 2021 campaign using straw donors, facing up to 53 years in prison.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Miami federal grand jury indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, for allegedly stealing FEMA disaster funds and laundering proceeds for her 2021 campaign.
- Prosecutors say the family healthcare company received a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract and was paid a $5 million overpayment, while a Florida state agency sued alleging nearly $5.8 million in overcharges.
- Using straw donors, the indictment says defendants routed $5 million through multiple bank accounts, funneled money via Edwin Cherfilus, Nadege Leblanc and others, and conspired with David K. Spencer to file false returns.
- Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted, prosecutors say Edwin Cherfilus faces up to 35 years, Nadege Leblanc up to 10 years, and David K. Spencer up to 33 years.
- The Office of Congressional Ethics reported Cherfilus-McCormick's income rose by more than $6 million, driven by nearly $5.75 million from Trinity Healthcare Services, and the House Ethics Committee reauthorized an investigative subcommittee.
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Indicted For Theft
Source: Tom Williams / Getty A sweeping federal indictment has sent shockwaves through Florida’s political landscape after U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) was indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds, laundering the money through a network of accounts, and using illicit contributions to bolster her 2021 congressional campaign. Last week, a Miami federal grand jury unsealed the indictment, accusing the seco…
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A Florida congresswoman is facing serious trouble after being charged with stealing $5m in federal disaster relief funds. The money was meant to help people, not politicians.Prosecutors say Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat elected in 2022, siphoned off the cash. They say she funneled a chunk of it into her 2021 congressional campaign. Pretty shocking, right?According to the indictment, the alleged scheme ran through Trinity Healthcare Serv…
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormic Indicted For Stealing $5 Million In Federal Disaster Funds
Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) has been indicted for stealing and laundering $5 million in FEMA funds and is facing up to 53 years in prison (also at taxpayer expense). BREAKING: Rep Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) INDICTED for allegedly stealing and laundering $5 million in FEMA funds. She faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted. …
Indicted Florida congresswoman leaves committee leadership post
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of it for her campaign, said Thursday she is innocent and has no plans to resign. In the meantime, she will step down from her position as the top Democrat on a subcommittee in the House of Representatives, as required by caucus rules, House Democratic leaders said. The indictment, announced Wednesday, accuses Cher…
Florida Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick charged with stealing $5 million from FEMA
Federal prosecutors charged Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick with orchestrating a scheme to keep a $5 million federal overpayment made to her family’s health care company during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the indictment unsealed Wednesday, the payment was made in 2021 to Trinity Healthcare Services through a contract funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support vaccination efforts, The company was led b…
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