Facing federal criminal charges, former state Rep. Carolina Amesty has retained a well-connected lawyer to plead her case: ...

Maxwell: Carolina Amesty is the second Florida lawmaker accused of COVID fraud. The feds pounce after state officials largely ...

U.S. prosecutors are charging former state Rep. Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief ...

Months after being voted out of office, former State Representative Carolina Amesty (R-Windermere) has been charged with ...

Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty is accused of fraudulent activity involving COVID-19 relief funds, according to federal ...

Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty is accused of fraudulent activity involving COVID-19 relief funds, according to federal ...

Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty is accused of defrauding the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts, U.S. Department of Justice officials said Friday. The 30-year-old Windermere ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Months after being voted out of office, former State Representative Carolina Amesty (R-Windermere) has been charged with federal crimes related to a pandemic-era relief program.

Carolina Amesty, 30, Republican obtained $122,000 by fraudulently applying for pandemic relief funds in the name of two businesses.

Carolina Amesty for trial. But their urgency came to an abrupt halt after Orange Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain spoke with Amesty’s defense counsel, internal notes from the office show.

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