"The Department of Homeland Security has suspended former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., along with her family members, associates and businesses from receiving future federal funds after she was indicted for allegedly stealing $5.7 million in taxpayer money.DHS general counsel James Percival said Cherfilus-McCormick “abused Americans’ trust in the most egregious way” by having “manipulated the COVID-19 crisis to funnel over $5 million dollars of FEMA relief funds to her and her family members.”
Among those barred from future federal money are her brother, Edwin Cherfilus; her sister, Marjorie Cherfilus; her parents, Gabriel and Marie Smith; her former congressional chief of staff, Nadege Leblanc; and her tax preparer, David Spencer.
A Miami federal grand jury indicted the then-congresswoman in November, alleging she used most of the money to bankroll her 2021 House campaign in Florida’s 20th District."
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