MIAMI — U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in federal disaster relief funds and using part of the money to support her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors said the Democratic lawmaker allegedly misused overpayments received by her family’s health care company through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract. They claim a portion of the funds was then funneled into her campaign through candidate contributions.
“Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”
A message left at Cherfilus-McCormick’s Washington office seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Edgardo Hernal started college at UP Diliman and received his BA in Economics from San Sebastian College, Manila, and Masters in Information Systems Management from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Oak Brook, IL. He has 25 years of copy editing and management experience at Thomson West, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters.
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