Sentences with phrase «straw donors»

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

Hsu was convicted of using straw donors like Chilman to skirt campaign finance laws, the same charges Liu fund - raiser Oliver Pan, of New Jersey, now faces, albeit on a smaller scale.

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.

Two former Liu campaign operatives have been convicted of scheming to route contributions through straw donors — people who contribute under their own name and get illegally reimbursed later.

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.

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.

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.

Ironically, the scandals that have dogged this mayor largely revolve around donations outside the city's system: already - illegal straw donors as well as pay - to - play issues with legal «gifts» to his pet non-profits and to de Blasio - backed candidates for state office.

But members of rival political circles claimed they had known about straw donors like Pan since 2009, and pointed to the investigation, the poster violations and The New York Times news report as indicative of a conscious flaunting of the law.

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

Bharara alleges that Hou not only facilitated the use of straw donors on several occasions, but reimbursed one donor as well, the complaint said.

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.

Federal prosecutors charge that Diana Durand reimbursed straw donors that gave money to Grimm's 2010 Congressional campaign.

The feds and the Manhattan DA are probing whether straw donors contributed to Mayor de Blasio's 2013 campaign for City Hall, The Post has confirmed.

The borough president insisted that he did not have all the details on the five probes into Mr. de Blasio's political nonprofits, his funneling cash into Democratic State Senate campaigns in 2014, his administration's decision to lift a deed restriction for a well - connected developer, on his acceptance of cash from potential straw donors in 2013 and into his relationship with animal rights groups dedicating to abolishing horse - driven carriages in Central Park.

Three Indiana members of Congress gave and received money from Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci in what experts said may have been an improper straw donor scheme — including two Indiana congressmen running for the U.S. Senate.

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.

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.

Campaign staff were also videotaped by undercover officers discussing illegal contributions and explaining how straw donors would be invited to campaign events to make it look as if their contributions were legitimate, officials said.

«It is hard to conceive how a political party committee choosing to participate in the party's coordinated statewide effort to help elect the party's slate of candidates to the State Senate could be characterized as a mere straw donor in a conspiracy — unless you found evidence that the committee's officers and members were held hostage and forced to deposit and disburse funds at gunpoint.

In addition, DNAinfo reported that the feds are eyeing straw donors to the mayor's 2013 election campaign, unearthing curious donations by workers at a Queens - based beauty supply company where the owner donated heavily to the mayor.

The board said it had received «substantial evidence» of wrongdoings, including straw donors.

But in November, his campaign was shaken by the arrest of a fund - raiser, Xing Wu Pan, who was charged with conspiring to funnel an improperly large donation to Liu through straw donors.

According to the indictment, D'Souza's straw donor scheme caused the campaign committee to falsely report to the FEC the sources of its contributions.

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

One of his top bundlers, Xing Wu Pan, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he used illegal straw donors to funnel money into Liu's campaign.

And he said new details about the payment and repayment could raise additional legal problems because it might violate campaign finance laws about straw donors that prohibit making a donation in the name of another person.

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.

Prosecutors allege the pair plotted to circumvent a $ 4,950 contribution limit by using straw donors, people recruited to funnel other people's money, so they could boost the Democrat's campaign account.

At the meeting, the agent allegedly 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.

For example, in 2011, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor chargest of making $ 20,000 in donations to the presidential campaign of former Sen. John Edwards and reimbursing straw donors.

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.

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.

Indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh told investigators that he disclosed to New York City Mayor Bill 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.

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.

Crooked restauranteur Harendra Singh told jurors at the Mangano trial that he reimbursed «straw donors» who made political contributions to de Blasio using Singh's money.

The firm is representing Grimm in the ongoing FBI probe into his campaign fundraising activities, including the accusation that his 2010 campaign used straw donors and used an Israeli national to raise money from a synagogue in exchange for a green card.

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

Singh testified Thursday that de Blasio asked for his fundraising help for Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), and Singh responded that he would use illegal straw donors.

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A complaint filed by Bharara in Manhattan federal court alleged that Hou concealed the use of straw donors.