Here we go again Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty charged with stealing COVID-19 relief funds U.S. prosecutors are charging former state Rep. Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief funds, the latest humiliating turn in the career of a woman once viewed as a rising star in the Florida GOP. The 30-year-old Windermere Republican obtained $122,000 by fraudulently applying for pandemic relief funds in the name of two businesses, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday and announced Friday. She faces two counts of theft of government property, each of which carries a maximum of 10 years in federal prison, officials said. Former state Rep. Amesty charged with theft of COVID funds Last time some of you tried to make her not sound so bad by saying there are two sides if every story although she has a pattern. Go ahead and use the same excuse again