Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Accused of Diverting $5 Million

Haitian-American U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted for diverting 5 million dollars in federal funds intended for disaster victims and for laundering part of that money through straw donors who contributed to her election campaign, then conspiring to produce a false tax return, the U.S. Department of Justice announced, according to an Associated Press dispatch published Thursday, November 20, 2025.

Federal prosecutors accused the Democrat of diverting overpayments made by the Federal Emergen