Federal prosecutors indicted a powerful former Republican state lawmaker on four new counts, charging him with filing false tax returns and trying to hide an alleged scheme to launder federal loan money to enrich himself and close associates.
The new charges – which raise the total number to 12 – accuse former Rules Committee Chairman Stephen LaRoque of submitting false 2009 and 2010 tax returns, concealing actions to divert money for personal use and making false statements to the federal government.
