UNITED STATES - JANUARY 17: Rep. T.J. Cox, D-Calif., and Susie Lee, D-Nev., conduct a news conference at the House Triangle to introduce a financial relief bill for federal workers effected by the partial government shutdown on Thursday, January 17, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Aug 16, 2022
Former Democrat Congressman TJ Cox (D-CA) indicted by federal grand jury over financial fraud.
The grand jury charged Cox with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud on a mortgage, and one count of making illegal conduit contributions to his congressional campaign in 2017.
Cox is accused of diverting money from his businesses for his own personal use.
He is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud.
In the five felony counts involving Granite Park, the grand jury charged Cox with using his tax credit company to guarantee the loan. But prosecutors say he did that without consent from his co-owners. The lender wired more than $1.28 million to Cox’s sports non-profit, but that loan is now in default and the city of Fresno could be asked to pay it off.
Cox is also accused of funneling money to business associates and family members for them to then donate to his congressional campaign in 2017.
Cox served in Congress from 2019-2021, representing parts of Fresno, Kern and Tulare counties.
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