![]() ![]() In fact, Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday that he plans to return the $15,000 his campaign received as a result of fundraising by Chatwal. The Department of Justice said that the candidates to whom Chatwal made contributions were unaware of the illegality of his actions, and were not complicit in any way. In addition to the illicit campaign donations, Chatwal coerced at least one accomplice into concealing information from the FBI and IRS, coaching them on how to answer difficult questions and keep the straw donor scheme under wraps. ![]() “ then rolled the dice to stymie the government’s investigation, thinking he could corruptly convince witnesses to his federal election crimes to stay silent. ![]() Lynch, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a statement. “Chatwal sought to buy access to power through unlimited and illegal campaign contributions, funneling money from the shadows through straw donors,” said Loretta E. In total, Chatwal gave some $180,000, all to Democratic candidates. Sant Singh Chatwal (courtesy of Wikipedia)Ĭhatwal, 70, pleaded guilty on Thursday, in the Eastern District Court of New York, to charges of conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, which prohibits making campaign donations to any single candidate in excess of either $2,400 or $5,000.īetween 20, Chatwal used friends and family members to give to Hilary Clinton’s 2008 Presidential run, Nevada Senator Harry Reid’s 2010 campaign, and even New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election last year. WASHINGTON, DC: Indian American hotel mogul Sant Singh Chatwal has pleaded guilty to charges of using straw donors to help finance the campaigns of several high-level Democratic candidates, in addition to a handful of other charges, and will pay the US government $1 million in fines. ![]()
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