Federal authorities arrested former Rep. T.J. Cox, California Democrat, on Tuesday on charges related to various fraud schemes that stole over $1.7 million during a five-year period.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California said that it unsealed an indictment against Mr. Cox, 59, and charged him with 15 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of money laundering.
He was also charged with a single count each of financial-institution fraud and campaign-contribution fraud.
Mr. Cox, of Fresno, defeated incumbent Republican David Valadao in California’s 21st congressional district as a part of the Democratic wave election in the 2018 midterms.