Firm Fires Dem Lobbyist Indicted for Embezzlement and Misusing Autism Charity Funds

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Former Rep. Jerry Weller (R., Ill.) and some of his lobbying firm’s clients are distancing themselves from a longtime Democratic lobbyist who was indicted in September on multiple charges that he and his wife embezzled $1.4 million from the company and campaign where they respectively worked.

David Miller, a lawyer and former Senate Banking Committee staffer, faces allegations that he and his wife embezzled more than $650,000 from the campaign fund of a fellow Democratic Virginia state senator and used an autism charity to pay for personal trips and his mortgage.

A grand jury convened by the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Miller on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to launder “monetary interests,” and “aggravated identity theft.”

Miller is accused of partnering with his wife, Lynn Wallis, in three fraud schemes between 2011 and 2014, including embezzling from the campaign fund of Virginia State Sen. Richard Saslaw.

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