Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds for illegal campaign contributions in shocking federal case.
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AMiamigrandjuryindictedRep.SheilaCherfilus-McCormick,D-Fla.,onchargesofallegedlystealingmillionsofdollarsindisasterrelieffundstomakeillegalcampaigncontributions,theDepartmentofJusticesaidWednesday.
Accordingtotheindictment,theFloridaDemocratallegedlyconspiredtosteal$5millioninFederalEmergencyManagementAgency(FEMA)fundsalongsideherbrotherEdwinCherfilusandnumerousco-defendants.
ProsecutorsallegedthatthedefendantsroutedthefundsthroughmultipleaccountstodisguisetheirsourceandthatasignificantportionofthemisappropriatedfundswereusedascandidatecontributionstoCherfilus-McCormick’s2021congressionalcampaignorfortheirpersonalbenefit.
TheDemocratcouldfaceupto53yearsinprisonifconvicted.
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