Former Democratic Congressman Charged With Fraud - The New York Times

Cox, a former Democratic congressman from California, is accused of several schemes intended to cheat investors and divert campaign contributions.

WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in California indicted Terrance John Cox, a former Democratic representative of Fresno, for an array of financial crimes, including a bid to divert campaign contributions during his election campaign in 2018.

Cox, 59, known as T.J., is charged with 28 counts, including wire fraud, money laundering and making a campaign contribution under the name of another person, according to a criminal complaint that a federal judge unsealed on Tuesday.

Cox diverted $25,000 in illegal “straw” contributions to his 2018 campaign to secretly “fund and reimburse family members and associates for donations to his campaign,” prosecutors for the U.S.

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They include a bribery case against a former lieutenant governor of New York, Brian Benjamin; wire fraud charges against a former candidate for Florida governor, Andrew Gillum; and a racketeering case against Michael Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives