Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick found GUILTY

The House Ethics Committee finds Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of ethics violations over $5 million in allegedly stolen FEMA funds, which she allegedly used to buy a $109,000, 3.14-carat yellow diamond ring Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is under investigation for allegedly using millions from her family's health care company to fund her political campaign An ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans found she committed 25 ethics violations The panel said it will recommend a punishment in the coming weeks She and co-conspirators are accused of funneling company money into her campaign through straw donations Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami in November The indictment says she bought a 3.14-carat yellow diamond ring for $109,000, which appears in her official House portrait She faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted