Not all scandals plaguing the Democrats come with a Jeffrey Epstein connection. Sometimes, just plain ol’ corruption will suffice.
Late yesterday, the Department of Justice announced an indictment on money laundering and theft against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and her brother Edwin Cherfilus. The House Democrat is currently serving her third term in office, having won a special election in 2022 to replace the late Alcee Hastings. The DoJ allege that the siblings stole and then laundered millions of dollars in emergency funds:
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., was indicted Wednesday on charges she stole and laundered $5 million in federal relief funds and used the money for her congressional campaign, the Justice Department said.
In a news release citing the indictment, the Justice Department said that Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and Edwin Cherfilus, 51, her brother, worked on a staffing contract funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Covid vaccinations tied to their family health care company in 2021 and that the company was overpaid by $5 million in relief funds.
She and her brother are accused of conspiring to steal the overpayment and route it through various accounts to conceal its origins. Cherfilus-McCormick is alleged to have used the money for her own enrichment and to fund a significant part of her congressional campaign.
Yikes. Did no one explain how USAID works to the Cherfilus family?
WPLG had more coverage last night. These charges are no joke, and neither is the potential prison time:
Cherfilus-McCormick is also accused of working with Nadege Leblanc, 46, of Miramar, to arrange additional contributions using straw donors, funneling other monies from the FEMA contract to friends and relatives, who then donated to the campaign as if they were using their own money, the indictment stated.
Cherfilus-McCormick’s tax preparer, David K. Spencer, is also accused of conspiring to file a false federal tax return. Prosecutors accused them of falsely claiming political spending and other personal expenses as business deductions, and of inflating charitable contributions to reduce Cherfilus-McCormick’s tax obligations.
If convicted, Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison. Edwin Cherfilus faces up to 35 years, Leblanc up to 10 years, and Spencer up to 33 years.
[more to come]
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