Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson was discovered responsible of wire fraud Thursday in federal courtroom, a number of media retailers reported.
Robinson was acquitted Sunday on 15 of the 20 expenses she initially confronted. Robinson, D-Memphis, was indicted on 48 counts in July 2020.
Robinson’s The Healthcare Institute obtained greater than $2.2 million in federal grants from the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies between 2015 and 2019.
Robinson was accused of stealing $600,000 from The Healthcare Institute and utilizing the cash to pay for private bills, together with clothes and sweetness merchandise, a automobile for her daughter, marriage ceremony and honeymoon bills, authorized charges for her divorce, and a marketing campaign occasion.
A Heart Sq. investigation confirmed Robinson additionally spent greater than 10 occasions the typical for a state senator whereas touring to conferences, leading to payments for $17,934.56 to Tennessee taxpayers over a 20-month interval in 2019 by way of 2020.
Robinson denied that her convention spending was out of line with different senators when requested concerning the 2020 report.
