D-Fla. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla.,因15项滥用COVID救济基金5M美元的指控,被命令支付60K美元的保证金。 Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., ordered to post $60K bond on 15 charges of misusing $5M in COVID relief funds.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla.,在向联邦法院提出15项指控后,被命令支付60 000美元的保证金,指控罪名是滥用COVID-19救济基金中的500万美元,这笔资金本来是给她家庭保健公司Trinity保健服务公司的。 U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., was ordered to post a $60,000 bond after appearing in federal court on 15 charges related to allegedly misusing $5 million in COVID-19 relief funds meant for her family’s health care company, Trinity Healthcare Services. 检察官说,公司收到了500万美元,而不是根据疫苗人员配备合同获得的50 000美元,并用100 000多美元为她购买一个3克拉黄色钻石环,资金还分配给捐给她竞选活动的朋友和亲戚。 Prosecutors say the company received $5 million instead of $50,000 under a vaccine staffing contract and used over $100,000 to buy a 3-carat yellow diamond ring for her, with funds also distributed to friends and relatives who donated to her campaign. 她否认指控,称这些指控出于政治动机,并计划在与该案件作斗争时继续留任。 She denies the charges, calling them politically motivated, and plans to remain in office while fighting the case. 法官限制她前往华盛顿特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚东区,她必须交出个人护照,但可保留国会护照。 A judge restricted her travel to Washington, D.C., Maryland, and the Eastern District of Virginia, and she must surrender her personal passport but may keep her congressional one.