South Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing $5 million worth of federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds and then using the money for her 2021 congressional campaign, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother Edwin Cherfilus are accused of working through their family's health care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, and in July 2021, the company received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida.

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The indictment alleged that those funds were routed through multiple accounts to disguise their source, and that a "subs

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