Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who narrowly lost the 2018 race to become governor of Florida, was indicted Wednesday on conspiracy and wire fraud …
Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who narrowly lost the 2018 race to become governor of Florida, was indicted Wednesday on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Gillum, 42, was charged in a 21-count indictment alleging that he and longtime advisor turned co-defendant Sharon Lettman-Hicks, conspired to commit wire fraud by « unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds » using « false and fraudulent promises », federal prosecutors said in a statement announcing the charges. The Justice Department also alleged that Gillum and Lettman-Hicks diverted some of those funds to a communications company owned by Lettman-Hicks, who in turn « disguised » the funds as payroll payments and gave them to Gillum for personal use. Gillum also faces an additional count of lying to the FBI. Prosecutors alleged that Gillum falsely told the investigating agents that he had not received anything from the undercover FBI agents posing as representatives of a company called Southern Pines.
