CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston County School Board member has resigned after a federal indictment accused them of bribery and COVID-related fraud.
A federal grand jury in Charleston returned a five-count indictment charging Kevin Hollinshead, 64, of North Charleston, with accepting a bribe in exchange for his influence and official action as a Charleston County School District Trustee and for wire fraud and bank fraud related to COVID relief loans, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.
Prosecutors allege Hollinshead used his position to benefit a construction company seeking to overturn a rejected bid, while also falsely obtaining and misusing Paycheck Protection Program loans intended to help small businesses during the pandemic…