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fromNew York Daily News
1 week ago

Brooklyn boro prez candidate treasurer sentenced to community service in straw donor scheme

The elderly treasurer for a Brooklyn borough president candidate was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and three years probation for a failed straw donor scheme to scam the city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in public matching funds. Erlene King, 72, who worked on the 2021 primary election campaign of Democrat Anthony Jones, was sentenced by Brooklyn Federal Court Carol Bagley Amon on Wednesday, after pleading guilty to wire fraud in January 2025.
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fromIntelligencer
6 months ago

It Looks Like the Adams Campaign Is Using Straw Donors Again

Donations to Mayor Eric Adams's campaign are under investigation for possible use of straw donors.
A majority of the individual donors are from low-income backgrounds despite contributing maximum allowable amounts.
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