OMAHA- Brenda Banks, the leading candidate for the District 1 seat on the Learning Community Council for Douglas and Sarpy counties, faces an eight-count federal indictment for wire fraud.

Federal prosecutors allege Banks "perpetrated a series of fraudulent schemes resulting in awards of over $464,000" to her nonprofit organization "Angels on Wheels" organization between April 2018, and June 2020 Investigators accuse her of repeatedly submitting altered documents to receive federal COVID-19 relief money.

The federal indictment alleges Banks, who is listed as the organization's executive director, provided altered check images and fictitious invoices to NET, the Nebraska Environmental Trust, totaling $220,334.

Banks, 60, advanced to the general election by finishing first in a field of four candidates in the May Primary race for the District 1 seat on the Learning Community Council.

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