Schock, 35, a precocious politician elected to the Peoria school board as a teenager, was the first House member born in the 1980s. He was seen as a darling of the Republican Party and had taken on crucial political fundraising roles.
He now faces nine counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, one count of theft of government funds, two counts of making false statements, five counts of filing false reports with federal election officials and six counts of filing false tax returns.
He now faces nine counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, one count of theft of government funds, two counts of making false statements, five counts of filing false reports with federal election officials and six counts of filing false tax returns.