Indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick ripped for editing $109K diamond ring out of online post

NY Post ^ | 12/26/25 | David Propper

[Libloather]

Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was slapped with a savage community note on X after a $109,000, 3-carat yellow diamond ring she’s accused of buying with ill-gotten FEMA funds was conspicuously edited out of a photo.

Eagle-eyed X sleuths noticed the pricey, square-cut bauble was missing from a Christmas post from the South Florida Democrat, which bore her official congressional portrait — and a naked left ring finger.

“This portrait of Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick has been altered to remove a ring off of her left hand that she bought using $109K of stolen FEMA funds,” the community note said.

The three-term congresswoman, 46, was indicted last month for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds to support her 2021 congressional campaign. She has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since December 2023.

She and several co-defendants, including her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, 51, “conspired to steal” an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds their family health care company received in July 2021 as part of a COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, prosecutors said.

The 3.14-carat “Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond” ring was purchased with a cashiers’ check by the scandal-scarred pol in September 2021 – about two months after the overpayments, authorities alleged.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: diamond; indicted; mccormick; ring

[Libloather]

Sheila knows how to get the loot.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

This seems like such an easy slam dunk, yet the fact she’s still in office after 2 years of investigation is legitimately depressing.

[KitJ]

I bought my bride a 2cwt moissanite pendant for a few hundred bucks. I can’t imagine what I could get her with a few million dollars at hand.

Don’t laugh, y’all. It’s what I can afford. ShopLC.

If I was a millionaire it would be different.

[Rocco DiPippo]

How did I know before I looked, Yogi?

[zeestephen]

Congress Woman Sheila replaced Congress Man Alcee Hastings, who died in office around 2022.

Hastings represented a Congressional District in Fort Lauderdale.

Hastings - also Black - was famous for being just one of eight federal Judges to be impeached and expelled by the House of Representatives.

After being impeached and removed, Hastings ran for - and won - a Congressional seat!

I have a feeling this particular Congressional District is corrupt - from top to toe!