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U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-FL, has been indicted for stealing $5,000,000 in Federal disaster funding and using at least part of it to fund her re-election campaign.<\/p>\n
The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, federal prosecutors said. A portion of the money was then funneled to support her campaign through candidate contributions, prosecutors allege.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Seems to me more than a few commented at the time that all the money being poured into Covid relief was an invitation to theft. It asked, she answered.<\/p>\n
\nCherfilus-McCormick was first elected to Congress in 2022 in the 20th District, representing parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, in a special election after Rep. Alcee Hastings died in 2021.<\/p>\n
In December 2024, a Florida state agency sued a company owned by Cherfilus-McCormick\u2019s family, saying it overcharged the state by nearly $5.8 million for work done during the pandemic and wouldn\u2019t give the money back.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I guess the family that preys together, stays together?<\/p>\n
\nThe Florida Division of Emergency Management said it made a series of overpayments to Trinity Healthcare Services after hiring it in 2021 to register people for COVID-19 vaccinations. The agency says it discovered the problem after a single $5 million overpayment drew attention.<\/p>\n
Cherfilus-McCormick was the CEO of Trinity at the time.<\/p>\n
The Office of Congressional Ethics said in a January report that Cherfilus-McCormick\u2019s income in 2021 was more than $6 million higher than in 2020, driven by nearly $5.75 million in consulting and profit-sharing fees received from Trinity Healthcare Services.\u00a0\u00a0AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Like they say, worry not about the millionaires who become legislators, but the legislators who become millionaires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"