RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A now-former Virginia delegate fraudulently obtained around $83,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, according to court documents.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, 34-year-old Ibraheem Samirah was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $89,000 in restitution after he committed wire fraud while representing parts of Loudoun and Fairfax counties in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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