A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week against a Virginia couple in a credit union fraud case that has captured the national media spotlight because the accused formerly worked for Democratic House members, including Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

According to the indictment, Imran Awan and Hina Alvi of Lorton, Va., allegedly conspired to fraudulently obtain $285,000 in home equity lines of credit from the $913 million Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union and Oakton, Va., and wire transferred the HELOC funds to Pakistan.

Awan and his family members have been under investigation by the U.S. Capitol police for alleged theft of computers, unauthorized access to computer networks and espionage, according to national media reports.