The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced Thursday that it charged 17 employees of the Broward County Sheriff's Office with wire fraud after they allegedly tried to defraud the government in pandemic relief loans. MORE: 'Unprecedented' fraud penetrated rollout of COVID-19 small business loans, watchdog warnsThe U.S. Attorney's Office charged the defendants in separate indictments that were issued between September 14 and Oct. 11. Story continuesThe sheriff told reporters that all of the charged employees were in the process of being terminated. The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) is a large agency and contains approximately 5,500 employees," he said in a statement. 17 Florida sheriff's office employees charged with COVID relief fraud: Feds originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News October 13, 2023 05:45 UTC