Federal prosecutors charged Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick with orchestrating a scheme to keep a $5 million federal overpayment made to her family’s health care company during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the indictment unsealed Wednesday, the payment was made in 2021 to Trinity Healthcare Services through a contract funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support vaccination efforts, The company was led by Cherfilus-McCormick at the time. Prosecutors say the company improperly retained the inflated payment and routed portions of it through a series of transfers that ultimately benefited the congresswoman’s special-election campaign.

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The charges also include allegations of false tax filings, with prosecutors asserting that campaign-related

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