在多年猛烈抨击欺诈行为后，犹他州共和党州众议员特雷弗·李因自身被控欺诈而辞职。
After spending years railing against fraud, Utah Republican state Rep. Trevor Lee has resigned after being charged with fraud himself.
犹他州总检察长办公室周一对李提起刑事指控，指控他伪造文件并实施欺诈以获取住房贷款。在遭到指控之前，李曾推动旨在打击失业欺诈的立法，并公开赞扬揭露近年来震撼明尼苏达州的大规模欺诈丑闻的努力。
The Utah Attorney General's Office filed criminal charges against Lee on Monday, accusing him of forging documents and engaging in fraud in order to obtain a home loan. Prior to the charges, Lee had pushed legislation aimed at combating unemployment fraud and publicly praised efforts to expose the sweeping fraud scandals that have rocked Minnesota in recent years.
根据起诉文件，在检方获取的一段视频中，犹他州一家水务公司的首席执行官“表示李曾要求总额93,000美元的现金预付款，以显示收入增加从而帮助其购房，并且李说他将通过为（该首席执行官的）公司争取到希尔空军基地的政府合同来使（其）‘不受损失’”。
In one video obtained by prosecutors, the CEO of a Utah water company "stated that Lee had requested cash advances totaling $93,000 to show increased income to assist in purchasing his home, and that Lee said he would make (the CEO) 'whole' by securing (his) company a government contract with Hill Air Force Base," according to the charging document.
摇摆州的欺诈清算引发明尼苏达式警报，离奇阴谋被曝光。另一家公司声称，李不当使用他们出具的一份录用通知书，使其收入看起来比实际更高。
SWING-STATE'S FRAUD RECKONING RAISES MINNESOTA-STYLE ALARM AS WILD SCHEMES EXPOSED Another company claimed that Lee improperly used an offer letter from them to make it seem as if his income was higher than it was.
检方写道：“李设计了一个以虚假借口获取100万美元住房贷款的方案。为实施该方案，他在抵押贷款过程中向Kind Lending传递了欺诈性文件——一份伪造的Enevive雇佣合同、一份夸大其Enevive收入的贷款申请，以及一封他知道虚假陈述其就业情况的Blue Logic录用通知书。”
"Lee devised a scheme to obtain a $1 million home loan by false pretenses. To execute it, he communicated fraudulent documents to Kind Lending through the mortgage process — a forged Enevive employment contract, a loan application overstating his Enevive income, and a Blue Logic offer letter he knew misrepresented his employment," prosecutors wrote.
调查人员称，李在接受讯问时承认，他亲自在雇佣合同上伪造了Enevive首席执行官的签名以获取贷款，并且知道那封录用通知书所反映的收入并非该公司实际能够支付给他的。
Investigators say Lee admitted during an interview that he personally forged the Enevive CEO’s signature on the employment contract to obtain the loan and knew the offer letter did not reflect income the company could actually pay him.
独家：尼克·雪莉反击明尼苏达批评者：“数字不会说谎，定罪也不会说谎” 李的社交媒体动态中充斥着对尼克·雪莉的正面提及。这位内容创作者在发布指控明尼苏达州索马里人经营的托儿中心及其他公共资助项目存在欺诈的视频后，引起了全国关注。
EXCLUSIVE: NICK SHIRLEY FIRES BACK AT MINNESOTA CRITICS: 'NUMBERS DON'T LIE, AND CONVICTIONS DON'T LIE' Lee’s social media feed is full of positive references to Nick Shirley, a content creator who attracted national attention after releasing videos alleging fraud involving Somali-run childcare centers and other publicly funded programs in Minnesota.
“尼克将凭一己之力阻止加文·纽森当选总统，”李在一篇帖子中说。在另一篇帖子中，雪莉因在犹他州议会大厦拍摄被收费后，李向他提供了帮助。
"Nick is going to stop a Gavin Newsom presidency single handily (sic.)," Lee said in one post. In another post, Lee offered Shirley assistance after he was charged a fee for filming at the Utah state capital building.
“继续加油，尼克，”李在7月11日针对这位YouTuber发布的最新帖子中说道。
"Keep up the good work Nick," Lee said in his most recent post directed at the YouTuber, dated July 11.
除了对雪莉的赞扬，李还在2023年和2024年提出了旨在打击失业援助欺诈的立法议案。
In addition to the praise of Shirley, Lee also introduced pieces of legislation designed to crack down on unemployment assistance fraud in 2023 and 2024.
社交媒体欺诈阴谋猖獗，特朗普官员对“欺诈影响者”发出严厉警告 李在指控提出后不久便辞去了立法职务。
BRAZEN SOCIAL MEDIA FRAUD SCHEMES WREAK HAVOC AS TRUMP OFFICIAL ISSUES STARK WARNING FOR 'FRAUDFLUENCERS' Lee resigned from the legislature shortly after the charges were filed.
“由于个人情况需要我处理，我不再觉得自己能够给予选民他们应得的时间、关注和服务，”他说。“我将永远感激我遇到的人、建立的关系以及我为犹他州人民服务的机会。”即使欺诈指控没有出现，李在立法机构的任期也即将结束，因为他在6月的共和党初选中落败。周三，福克斯新闻数字频道联系李时，他未回应置评请求。
"Due to personal circumstances that require my attention, I no longer feel I can give my constituents the time, attention and service they deserve," he said. "I will always be grateful for the people I have met, the relationships I have built and the opportunity I have had to serve the people of Utah." Even if the fraud charges hadn’t come, Lee’s time in the legislature was approaching an end as he had lost his GOP primary election in June. Lee did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.