US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
MIAMI (AP) — U.S. 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 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Friday told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make additional payments for her attendance at the 2021 Met Fashion Gala, where she drew attention for wearing a dress adorned with the message “tax the rich." The ethics panel, which found the New York Democrat…
A man has been indicted in a COVID-19 fraud scheme in which he stole nearly $1 million. Mark Erjavec, 49, was indicted on five counts of wire fraud in his initial federal court appearance on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). From the mid-1990s until the early…
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A man from Kaysville has been sentenced for running a scheme that stole $392,900 using COVID fraud, identity theft, wire fraud, and state unemployment benefits fraud. Mubarak Ukashat, 38, pleaded guilty to failure to file currency and other monetary instruments reports. He was sentenced to…