Update: 5:10 p.m.: Prosecutors have concluded the fourth day of their case against former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown after interviewing an accountant who helped prepare her taxes.

The testimony appeared to focus on the criminal charges Brown is accused of for filing false tax returns. Prosecutors say she falsified donations to several local nonprofits and didn’t disclose income she received from One Door for Education, the sham charity prosecutors say she used as a slush fund.

Jurors listened to Dawn Wright, the accountant, read through several years of Brown’s tax returns, which listed no income beyond her congressional salary and a pension she earned by serving in the Florida Legislature.

Jurors also saw letters from the Community Rehabilitation Center Inc., a local nonprofit founded by City Councilman Reginald Gaffney, and Edward Waters College stating that she gave the institutions tens of thousands worth of furniture and other items.

Prosecutors say Brown didn’t make the donations and lied on her tax forms to increase the amount of her return.

UPDATE: 3:15 p.m.: Prosecutors continued interviewing associates of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown who deposited cash directly into her bank account.

Von Alexander, a former staffer for Brown, told jurors that on several occasions she deposited thousands of dollars into Brown and Brown’s daughter’s bank accounts using blank One Door for Education checks that Brown gave her. She said Brown gave exact instructions about what to do each time.

Siottis Jackson, a local political consultant, testified that Alexander asked him to help deposit $2,200 into Brown’s account in 2015. Jackson had previously worked for Alexander and agreed to the errand because Alexander had to travel to New York for her godmother’s funeral. Jackson said he was volunteering for Brown’s office at the time of the deposit.

Prosecutors also interviewed Robby Birnbaum, an attorney for the South Florida law firm Greenspoon Marder, who had his law firm donate $5,000 to One Door for Education at the request of Brown.

Birnbaum was representing a client who wanted to speak to Brown about an unspecified issue. He said Brown asked for the donation to sponsor a 2013 golf tournament fundraiser, which she said told him would benefit One Door for Education.

He said he believed the money would go to charity. He said Brown personally requesting the donation played an important part in his decision to make it. "My client was attempting to gain access to the congresswoman’s office, trying to get their voice heard against a very powerful force in Washington, D.C.," he said.

UPDATE: 12:45 p.m.: A part-time staffer of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown explained how she cashed checks written to her private company from Brown’s campaign account, national nonprofits and One Door for Education and then deposited money directly into Brown’s personal bank account.

Von Alexander, Brown’s community development director who also owns a local communications consulting firm, said Brown told her the money was to reimburse her for out-of-pocket expenses related to events like voter registration drives, One Door fundraisers and other charitable work.

Each time Alexander deposited money, she said she’d ask Ronnie Simmons, Brown’s chief of staff, for documentation related to the expenses. She said she rarely received anything.

When prosecutors asked if she ever refused to do that, she said no.

"It was a directive," she said. "You don’t do that."

Prosecutors presented evidence showing that Alexander’s company, the Alexander Agency, acted as a go-between for thousands in cash that would end up in Brown or Brown’s daughter’s personal bank account.

Alexander described how her work for Brown went beyond the typical duties of a congressional staffer. In addition to depositing money into Brown’s bank account, she was also charged with picking up her laundry, taking Brown to the airport and helping her family. She also helped run Brown’s re-election campaigns.

"We were there, in a sense, at the pleasure of the congresswoman. We were there to assist her," Alexander said. "If she had things we needed to do, she’d ask us, and that’s what we’d do."

In some cases, Alexander said Brown would personally give her checks from One Door’s bank account. The check was blank, aside from a signature from One Door’s president, Carla Wiley.

Alexander said she’d then fill them out at Brown’s direction.

Among Alexander’s consulting clients were the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. Last year, the Times-Union reported that she essentially acted as the agency’s go-between to Brown’s office.

Update: 12:30 p.m.: Carla Wiley, the Virginia woman who started the bogus charity at the center of criminal case against former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, admitted that she secretly spent $140,000 of the group’s money on her own bills and personal expenses.

In cross-examination by Brown’s attorney, Wiley said she did so without telling Brown or Ronnie Simmons, her former boyfriend and Brown’s chief of staff.

As Wiley siphoned money away from One Door for Education, she didn’t know Simmons and Brown were using the group for their own personal benefit.

Prosecutors say the group spent more than $330,000 on lavish events to honor Brown and that tens of thousands of dollars more were deposited directly into Brown’s personal bank account.

In his own plea agreement, Simmons has admitted to using One Door money to pay for his personal expenses, including a Miami vacation he took with Wiley.

Wiley said she was unaware that One Door funded that trip. Instead, she said Simmons told her he was using his own money.

UPDATE 11:00 a.m.: Carla Wiley, the Virginia woman who founded One Door for Education, explained how a well-intentioned charity transformed into a cash cow for former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and gave jurors details of a late night call she received after the FBI began asking questions about the bogus charity.

Wiley received the call hours after Brown received a subpoena from federal investigators in January 2016 at a Northside barbecue restaurant. On the line were Brown, Ronnie Simmons, Brown’s chief of staff and Wiley’s boyfriend, and Shantrel Brown, Brown’s daughter.

They told Wiley that FBI agents had visited Brown in Jacksonville and Shantrel Brown at her office at a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm.

They instructed Wiley she wasn’t obligated to speak with agents if they visited her and planned to discuss the situation later that week over dinner.

The next day, FBI agents appeared at Wiley’s workplace and grilled her for two hours about One Door. Wiley said she lied repeatedly during that meeting about taking cash directly from One Door and the group’s charitable giving.

"The main reason was fear," Wiley said. "I felt like if I lied and have them leave the office, it was all going away."

The dinner with Brown and the others never happened. Just a few months later, Wiley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and agreed to cooperate with investigators.

Wiley, along with Simmons, have both agreed to testify against Brown. Prosecutors say Brown was the mastermind behind the conspiracy to bilk donors out of money through One Door by painting the group as a charity that provided educational opportunities to underprivileged kids.

Brown’s attorney says Wiley and Simmons worked behind Brown’s back to rip off donors and pay for their luxurious lifestyles.

Wiley said she started the foundation as a way to honor her mother, a long-time teacher in Loudon County, Va.

She was approached in 2012 by Simmons, who said Brown needed a nonprofit to host a reception that was being held in her honor. Wiley agreed to help and soon opened a separate bank account in the group’s name.

She gave Simmons the debit card and check book.

Wiley said she thought Brown’s affiliation with the charity would help by providing it exposure.

However, Wiley testified she eventually began taking money from the account for her personal use. She also attended several of the lavish events, like the Beyonce concert and NFL football game in luxury boxes, that were paid for by One Door.

She said charity and scholarships were never discussed at the events. In fact, she said she didn’t know the events were even paid for by or affiliated with One Door until after they happened.

Wiley said she fully realized One Door wasn’t being used to help kids after Brown held a fundraising golf tournament in July 2013. The event raised tens of thousands of dollars, but prosecutors say no scholarships were given as a result.

"There were a lot of fundraisers, but not a lot of scholarships being given," she said.

This story will be updated as the trial continues.

The woman who founded One Door for Education is scheduled to testify Monday at former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s fraud trial, which mostly deals with misusing and exploiting One Door.

Carla Wiley was president of the Leesburg, Va. organization that prosecutors said collected more than $800,000 largely on the strength of Brown’s advocacy and fundraising.

An FBI agent last week told jurors banking records reflected just $1,200 spent on scholarships and about $10,000 in other charitable giving by the organization formally named One Door for Education – The Amy Anderson Scholarship Fund to honor Wiley’s mother.

Prosecutors said tens of thousands of dollars was taken from a One Door bank account and deposited in cash into Brown’s accounts, although she had no formal role in One Door or authority over its account. About $330,000 was spent on receptions and events that centered around Brown, jurors were told last week.

Wiley and Ronnie Simmons, Brown’s former chief of staff, also withdrew and spent large sums themselves, and have pleaded guilty to charges involving fraud conspiracy.

Brown’s attorney, James W. Smith III, has argued the 12-term congresswoman was duped by the pair and was unaware that the fund was being looted.

Among witnesses presented since the trial opened Wednesday, Wiley will have the most direct knowledge yet about One Door’s operations and aims.

Jurors were told last week that a bank account was opened in One Door’s name in 2011, but sat idle and was closed in 2012. A few months later, another account was opened in the group’s name and soon after received $25,000 from a political action committee and contributions from wealthy donors.

One of those donors, former Florida Rock executive John Baker, told the jury Friday that he contributed $5,000 in October 2012 – more followed later – after Brown told him she had started a foundation.

Simmons is also expected to testify this week, during which prosecutors will likely finish presenting their evidence and Smith will start presenting his defense.

Before then, however, prosecutors also need to show evidence and testimony about parts of Brown’s 22-count indictment that have involve subjects besides One Door. Separate from the conspiracy and mail and wire fraud charges against her, Brown is also accused of filing false tax returns and concealing income from sources that weren’t reported on Congressional disclosure forms.

In addition to saying Brown pocketed One Door money without paying taxes, prosecutors have claimed she lowered her tax bill by making up donations to nonprofits that included Edward Waters College, the Community Rehabilitation Center and Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Potential witnesses were listed to tell jurors about each of those donations, but haven’t testified yet.