Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend turns herself in to answer fraud charges

Driscoll, 38, made her first court appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.

According to Bill Miller, the public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Driscoll entered a not guilty plea to all of the charges and was released on personal recognizance with some travel restrictions.

A follow-up court date is set for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 5 but Miller said the date was subject to change.

In the indictment, Driscoll, acting in her capacity as executive director of the charity, the Armed Forces Foundation, was charged with two counts each of wire fraud, mail fraud, and tax evasion, and one count of attempt to interfere with administration of Internal Revenue laws.

She also was charged with first-degree fraud, a District of Columbia offense. The indictment also included a forfeiture allegation seeking all proceeds that can be traced to the alleged fraud scheme.

For several years, the foundation was involved in several events with NASCAR and many of its tracks. It February 2014, while Busch and Driscoll were involved in a relationship, Busch shut down his personal charity foundation and merged it with the AFF.

In February 2015, NASCAR suspended Busch two days before the season-opening Daytona 500 after a Kent County (Del.) family court commissioner issued a no-contact order against him sought by Driscoll for what she claimed was an act of domestic violence.

In March 2015, Busch was reinstated by NASCAR after the Delaware Department of Justice announced it would not pursue criminal charges.