(Reuters) -A federal grand jury in Florida has indicted U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on charges of stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds and directing the money to her 2021 congressional campaign, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Representatives for Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

She has previously denied wrongdoing, local media reported.

The indictment accuses Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and others of receiving a $5 million overpayment through her family-owned healthcare company and routing the money through multiple accounts to disguise its source.

The company had a COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract funded by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Justice Department said in a press release

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