Sentences with phrase «straw donor»

In the second scheme, Halloran allegedly received $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 on straw donor contributions in exchange for steering an $ 80,000 City Council contract to a company he believed was controlled by one of those who paid him the bribes.

Later Tuesday, Paul Evwiehor, who had been an assistant general manager and then general manager at Water's Edge, testified that Singh asked him to be a straw donor to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

As described by the New York Times, the government asserted in it's closing argument that Liu must have been aware of the illegal «straw donor» arrangements that his campaign aides are accused of.

Douglas Kellner, the Democratic co-chairman of the New York State Board of Elections, said that the board's enforcement of election laws — such as rooting out an LLC that is merely a straw donor set up to give a gift — is hampered because LLC paperwork can create a dead end.

Additionally, the county parties transferred their funds directly to candidates, while the state party helped them through independent expenditures — it's tough to argue it was a straw donor if it didn't actually donate to anyone.

Jia Hou, the campaign treasurer for former city comptroller and one - time mayoral contender John Liu, was found guilty in 2013 of attempted wire fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements for a role in a straw donor scheme.

It was co-hosted by hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, who a few months later pleaded guilty to a straw donor scheme in which he funneled more than $ 180,000 to Clinton and two other federal candidates from 2007 to 2011.

The ex-girlfriend of New York Rep. Michael Grimm has pleaded not guilty to charges she was involved in a campaign straw donor scheme.

The suburban seat was targeted by New York City Democrats including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who funneled over $ 500,000 to Murphy's opponent through the use of straw donor committees using a loophole in New York State campaign finance law.

He also received $ 6,500 in straw donor contributions, the complaint says.

The documents are in response to a motion to dismiss all of the charges against Oliver Pan, a Liu fundraiser who is facing fraud charges in connection with a straw donor scheme.

If a straw donor wants to donate more than the legal amount to a city campaign, he or she can reimburse others to make donations so no one person appears to have exceeded the limit.

NYC Comptroller John Liu insists he was «deceived» by a fundraiser charged with using straw donors to circumvent contribution limits, but the identification of a yet unnamed conspirator in the case could prove that assertion wrong.

Investigators looking into de Blasio's fundraising practices are now scrutinizing his 2013 campaign for possible straw donors, checking to see if they were either reimbursed for their contributions or given cash to pass along to the campaign in order to skirt the city's donation limits.

Indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh told investigators that he disclosed to de Blasio his use of straw donors in fundraising for de Blasio and that he falsified a campaign receipt at the direction of the mayor's office, according to a court filing by former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's attorney.

Also, DNAinfo reported exclusively that federal investigators are scrutinizing the mayor's 2013 campaign for possible straw donors.

The feds last week arrested Liu fund - raiser Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan on fraud charges for allegedly using straw donors to hide a $ 16,000 contribution from an undercover agent that violated campaign - finance laws.

Liu's campaign receives tax dollars as part of a matching funds program, designed to deter corrupt practices, such as straw donors.

DNAinfo New York reported earlier this week that federal authorities were scrutinizing de Blasio's 2013 campaign for possible straw donors and how a developer with business before the city said it was hard to say no when the mayor called and requested a $ 20,000 for one of his nonprofits in 2014.

The reporter was referring to the arrest of Grimm's fundraiser Diana Durand by the FBI for allegedly contributing more than $ 10,000 to Grimm's 2010 campaign via straw donors.

Jenny Hou is accused of helping Liu's campaign skirt campaign finance laws by allegedly using straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

In addition, authorities are looking into straw donors in the mayor's campaign and examining why the city lifted deed restrictions on multiple properties for individuals who donated to the mayor's nonprofit or his effort to win back the Senate.

Hou's arrest came two weeks after Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan was indicted on charges of trying to use straw donors to contribute $ 16,000 to Liu's campaign on behalf of an FBI agent posing as a wealthy donor, according to court records..

Liu's campaign has been under federal investigation, leading to the indictments of a top fundraiser and his campaign treasurer on charges they tried to use straw donors to skirt campaign finance rules.

«Hou concealed the use of straw donors, subverted the City's electoral system, and obstructed justice.»

Hou also instructed volunteers to forge signatures on donation cards and to accept them in a manner to conceal that they were filled out by straw donors, the complaint said.

Sugarman wrote that by serving as «straw donors» that simply passed through the donations to the candidate campaigns, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and the two county committees may have also violated the law.

«Based on the evidence that these transfers were prearranged, reasonable cause exists to believe that all the contributions were made to the county committees simply as straw donors,» Sugarman said.

The committees, which Ms. Sugarman claimed functioned as «straw donors,» then pumped the funds into the candidates» election efforts.

At the meeting, the agent said he had funneled $ 6,500 in illegal contributions to Halloran's congressional campaign, by paying off straw donors so that the agent's name wouldn't appear in official documents.

Brissenden alleged newly revealed evidence that showed Singh told investigators that he relayed to de Blasio that his efforts to direct funds to his campaign coffers were «not kosher» because he skirted campaign finance laws by using the names of contributors — the straw donors — whom he subsequently reimbursed.

Authorities say Hou used «straw donors» to funnel over-the-limit illegal contributions to the Liu campaign.

Authorities allege part of the scheme included an effort to get the New York City Campaign Finance Board to supply matching funds to the ones contributed by the straw donors.

GLENDALE — Investigators looking into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising practices are scrutinizing his 2013 campaign for possible straw donors, sources said.

Federal investigators and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office are also examining whether the mayor and his associates coordinated fundraising efforts to use the county Democratic committees as straw donors to funnel money to specific state Senate candidates, circumventing limits on single donors.

LLCs and «straw donors» have been in the news lately, with questionable financing practices in the 2014 state senate elections in particular coming under heavy scrutiny.

A news release yesterday from Senate Republicans also pointed to the alleged use of «straw donors» to beef up public matching cash in New York City Comptroller John Liu's campaign.

The feds and the Manhattan DA are now probing whether straw donors contributed to de Blasio's 2013 campaign for City Hall.

Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution, got five years probation and no jail time.

Nearly all of the $ 48,470 Liu gave back to donors was refunded on and after Nov. 16, the day a bundler for his campaign, Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan, was federally charged with skirting campaign finance laws by dividing a large contribution into smaller ones using straw donors.

Alvarez then allegedly collected the money and the false contribution cards from the straw donors, and falsely submitted them to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

The resulting surge of money going to county committees that had historically reported modest fundraising numbers combined with the fact that they instantly transferred receipts to Senate candidates indicated they were not simply engaging in routine party business and were being used only as «straw donors.»

She repeatedly mentions that the Ulster and Putnam committees didn't have a history of receiving large contributions from their donors in the fall of 2014 or getting involved in Senate races, which she views as signals that they were used as straw donors to evade contribution limits.

«As we allege, Mr. Alvarez took advantage of our campaign finance system, using straw donors and false filings to line his campaign's coffers.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center, ordering no jail time for the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution.

Hou and Pan are accused of using straw donors to funnel illegal contributions that are far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign chest.

Harendra Singh told jurors at the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano that he reimbursed «straw donors» who made political contributions to de Blasio using Singh's money.

They both participated in a scheme to use straw donors — people who donate on behalf of others — to swell the coffers of Liu's mayoral war chest.?

Liu's campaign has been floundering since the arrest of the 25 - year - old campaign treasurer in February on allegations that she helped use straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

The focus on pulling in campaign cash came as de Blasio endured stories on multiple investigations of his fund - raising; drew new scrutiny about potential straw donors and saw his press secretary announce her resignation.