Posted on 07/04/2022 11:00:35 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Missouri state Rep. Tricia Derges (R) was convicted on Tuesday after she applied for nearly $900,000 in CARES Act funds for what she said were COVID-19 testing costs incurred by nonprofit Lift Up, but the organization never provided any testing services, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Derges was also found guilty on Tuesday in separate schemes in which she fraudulently marketed a stem cell treatment and illegally prescribed drugs to patients.
“It has truly been an honor to serve the citizens of the 140th District,” Derges wrote in her resignation letter, where she made no mention of the charges. “They are some of the finest people I have ever met. To be a part of the process that helped bring positive change to our community and to assist with many of the personal struggles of my constituents is something I will forever treasure.”
The DOJ said Lift Up’s medical clinic closed from the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 until June that year, and Derges supported her funding claim by providing COVID-19 test receipts for her for-profit Ozark Valley Medical Clinic.
The clinic had already charged clients $167 per test, according to the DOJ, but a county commission paid Derges’s nonprofit $296,574 in CARES Act funds based on the fraudulent request. Derges then transferred the funds to her for-profit clinic.
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(after she applied for nearly $900,000 in CARES Act funds for what she said were COVID-19 testing costs incurred by nonprofit Lift Up, but the organization never provided any testing services)
Scams from so many angles.
Follow the seance!!
Christian County Missouri - just south of Springfield, MO
Republican - SW Mo is very republican area
se·ance
/ˈsāˌäns/
noun
a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.
Covid-19(84) - the gift that keeps on giving - like Jelly of the Month Club
(but a county commission paid Derges’s nonprofit $296,574 in CARES Act funds based on the fraudulent request)
But, you know, NEVER question anyone who wants you to be “tested”.
Was she a vaxx shill as well?
Sad to hear.
This was not a computer problem and her saying sorry isn’t enough. This is fraud. Plain and simple.
COVID and Fraud the perfect word match.
A lot of that money apparently went to her mouth.
I’m sure there are/were demokkkommies scamming CONvid dollars as well. 🚫💉🚫😷
Columbia Record Club? 😂✌
LOL
No doubt.
Fauci’s disaster.
An area still plagued with corruption and poverty. Photo here.
https://themissouritimes.com/derges-found-guilty-on-22-charges/
she has to be a Republican because she actually resigned after being convicted. What DemonRAT would ever do that?
Missouri state Rep. Tricia Derges (R) must’ve thought she was a Democrat...cause Dims get away with that Schiff.
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