Bloomberg BNA:

Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) is being investigated by the Justice Department regarding allegations that she might have engaged in a conspiracy to solicit fraudulent charitable contributions.

The DOJ investigation was disclosed in a March 23 statement from the House Ethics Committee, which said it was delaying its own probe of Brown to defer to the department. Ethics Committee investigations usually are delayed while a criminal probe is under way.

Details of allegations against Brown were not revealed in the Ethics Committee statement. The latest action appeared to be related to a recent guilty plea by Carla Wiley, the head of the One Door for Education Foundation Inc., an organization linked to Brown.