RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A former candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates is accused of fraudulently applying for and receiving over $220,000 in federal loans from a program designed to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In late March, a federal grand jury handed down an indictment for former Democratic candidate Sheila Bynum-Coleman and her husband, Rashad Coleman.
Most recently, Bynum-Coleman was the Democratic candidate in the Nov. 2019 General Election for the Virginia House of Delegates’ District 66, which then contained parts of Chesterfield County and Colonial Heights. She lost to Republican candidate Kirk Cox…