Terrance John “TJ” Cox, who represented California’s 21st congressional district as a Democrat from 2019 to 2021, used to be indicted on 28 counts of cash laundering, twine fraud, marketing campaign fraud, and different fees on Tuesday. 

Cox, 59, used to be arrested through FBI brokers round 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning and booked into the Fresno County Jail, consistent with sheriff’s data. 

Prosecutors detailed within the 25-page indictment how Cox allegedly stole $1.7 million from purchasers and firms he used to be related to from 2013 to 2018. 

In one example, Cox allegedly solicited a $100,000 mortgage for one in all his corporations in April 2017, however did not pay the predominant again to the 2 buyers. 

“More than $40,000 of [the loan] used to be used for Cox’s private bills, together with private school tuition, bank card bills, loan bills and a $7,000 cost to Cox’s non-public political guide,” prosecutors wrote. 

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When Cox used to be a candidate for US Congress within the 2018 election, he allegedly organized for greater than $25,000 in unlawful straw donations through investment or reimbursing members of the family and colleagues when they gave cash to his marketing campaign. 

Cox may be accused of offering fabricated financial institution statements on a loan software and fraudulently acquiring a $1.5 million building mortgage to construct a sport house in Fresno. That mortgage went into default, leading to a lack of greater than $1.2 million, consistent with prosecutors. 

Cox may no longer straight away be reached for touch upon Tuesday. 

The 59-year-old flipped California’s twenty first congressional district in 2018, however lost to Republican Rep. David Valadao through 862 votes in 2020.