Nicole Torres, who has represented the Republican party for the 81st Assembly district in the northwest section of the borough since 2019, is accused of using her job at the city Board of Elections to scam potential employees and cash fraudulent paychecks.

According to court documents, the alleged illegal conduct took place over a five-year period.

Peters, a Republican seeking the GOP nomination for secretary of state, is the first elections official to face criminal charges related to conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election, according to multiple experts. She is accused not of fixing the election but of breaking the law as she sought to investigate whether someone else did. The indictment below, returned March 8 by a Mesa County grand jury, lays out the allegations against her and her deputy, Belinda Knisley.