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.According to its website, Angels on Wheels works to empower unemployed and undereducation youth and adults with "life-changing tools."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. KETV NewsWatch 7 is reaching out to Banks for comment.Read the indictment here.More headlines