17 Broward County Sheriff’s Office employees charged in Covid relief fraud
Seventeen Broward County Sheriff's Office employees charged with defrauding Covid financial relief programs collectively received half a million dollars, federal prosecutors said.
Seventeen Broward County Sheriff's Office employees charged with defrauding Covid financial relief programs collectively received half a million dollars, federal prosecutors said.
The employees were each indicted separately on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They were suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, Sheriff Gregory Tony said, calling it a standard procedure.
Further disciplinary action is expected.
"I’m not going to sugarcoat or dance around this, at the end of the day they will be gone," Tony said Thursday at a joint news conference with U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida.
"If they’re being criminally charged, there’s no place for them in this organization," the sheriff continued. "How can we have anyone out here wearing a badge that is stealing from the American people?"
Rating: 5