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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Feds Charge Florida Dem With 'Selfish, Cynical' Crime
US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 special election campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments...
Florida Congresswoman Charged With Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds
A House Democrat from Florida and three others were charged with stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using the money to fund her 2021 congressional campaign, according to an indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Nov. 19. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her co-defendants allegedly pocketed the funds, laundered the money, and spent “a substantial portion of the misappropriated funds” on the special election that she…
Steube to file motion to censure Cherfilus-McCormick following indictment
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) will file a motion on Thursday to censure Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) in connection with a federal indictment that alleges the House Democrat used disaster funds to go toward her 2021 campaign. “This is one of the most egregious abuses of public trust I have ever seen,” Steube wrote in a…
Dem congresswoman indicted for 'particularly selfish' alleged theft of FEMA relief funds for campaign use
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted by a Miami grand jury on charges of allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds for illegal campaign contributions.
Florida congresswoman charged with stealing COVID funds
(Reuters) -A federal grand jury in Florida has indicted U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on charges of stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds and directing the money to her 2021 congressional campaign, the U.S. Justice Department said. Representatives for Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. She has previously denied wrongdoing, local media reported. The indictment accuses Ch…
BREAKING: House Democrat CHARGED With Stealing $5 Million In FEMA Funds
Lawmakers are supposed to make laws but this Democrat congresswoman from Florida allegedly broke the law big time. The Department of Justice announced Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla) has been indicted on charges she stole $5 million in FEMA funds. According to the indictment Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother laundered and stole FEMA funds and in return used the money for her congressional campaign. NBC News provided more de…
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