olled by Risi Field and Risi, with around $3.4 million in alleged proceeds used to pay Risi Field's credit card expenses and around $1 million deposited into a bank account controlled by the siblings, authorities said.

Risi Field Allegedly caused about $25 million in slush fund payments in total, prosecutors said.

Around 2011, Risi Field caused a co-conspirator to pay around $8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former contractor who alleged she had an inappropriate financial relationship with vendors then concealed the allegations and details of the settlement from the non-profit's board of directors, prosecutors said.

When Risi Field was terminated from the non-profit in 2021, the board of directors was unaware of the payments and she was paid over $6 million in severance, authorities said.

Risi Field and Risi are both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, while Risi Field is also facing wire fraud charges.

If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison for the money laundering conspiracy and 10 years in prison on each monetary transactions count, with Risi Field also facing a maximum of 20 years on the other charges.