Man accused of Gaetz extortion plot charged with wire fraud

Associated Press

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — One of the men who U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of being behind a plot to extort $25 million from his family in exchange for having a federal sex investigation into the congressman go away has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and attempting to stop authorities from viewing his IPhone. A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Stephen Alford in Pensacola, Florida. The indictment doesn’t name the victims or other alleged participants and refers to Matt Gaetz’s father, Don Gaetz, a former president of the Florida Senate, only as “D.G.” The indictment says Alford was part of a scheme to get $25 million from “D.G.”