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Carmen Turner, the tax assessor-collector of Fort Bend County, Texas, has been indicted on Federal charges of “misusing taxpayer funds” according to the Chron.

I didn’t know we could indict politicians for “misusing taxpayer funds”. If we can do that, why are we not doing more of it?

The allegations stem from an investigation that became public last year after search warrants accused Turner of using county money to pay employees who were caring for her mother. ABC13 reported at the time that payroll records showed the employees received more than $27,000 in county funds over about eight months.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, the indictments allege that Turner hired employees through her office to care for her mother at her apartment from September 2023 to September 2025, while they were paid as county employees.

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Turner remains listed as Fort Bend County’s tax assessor-collector, Eberle confirmed, but she, Shemerrylyn Regina Fields and Victor Calvin Ewing are all facing conspiracy and wire fraud charges, including theft involving government programs that recieve federal funding.

Noted:

The indictments also name Turner and two other employees, including Victor Calvin Ewing, the father of Turner’s adult son. Ewing was hired as an emergency coordinator while also working at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

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