PITTSBURGH — A former lawmaker, already under criminal indictment, now faces charges of siphoning millions of dollars in state grants from a nonprofit organization he founded.

New charges filed against former House Democratic Whip Mike Veon and an aide are the latest corruption case to hit the Capitol, rocked last summer by the arrests of a dozen people accused of using state resources for political gain.

The charges also come one week after the sweeping federal conviction of Vincent Fumo, found guilty of 137 charges, including defrauding the state senate and two nonprofit organizations of $3.5 million.

According to court records, much of the money Veon misused went as rewards to various people and groups who supported him.

Some of the money, the papers say, was for Veon's personal comfort, such as a shower in the offices of the nonprofit group Beaver Initiative for Growth, nicknamed BIG.

Veon "spent the taxpayer money at his own discretion, without any oversight" by BIG or any government agency, Attorney General Tom Corbett told reporters in a Pittsburgh news conference called to announce the charges.

Veon is charged with 19 counts of theft, six counts of misapplication of entrusted property, two counts of conflict of interest and one count of conspiracy. The former aide, Anna Marie Peretta-Rosepink, faces three theft counts and one count each misapplication of entrusted property, conflict of interest and conspiracy.

Until he lost the 2006 general election, Veon used the money for personal or political gain, Corbett said. Veon resigned from BIG's board shortly after losing.

Veon, who is already facing charges in a separate corruption case from last summer, co-founded the nonprofit group in 1991 to serve as a clearinghouse for state grants for local projects in Veon's Beaver County district.