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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
D’Souza was a high profile scalp. That’d almost never happen to a nobody.
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I know of a half dozen cases brought against people making contributions through straws from back when I worked in politics, and I was only in it for a few years. It is an area that is actively policed.
D'Souza was caught red handed and lied about it, which dug his hole deeper and gave the prosecution good reason not to give him a pass. That said, he didn't get prison time and he got a fairly modest fine. I know at least one person who lost their house over a similar crime (this person used their employees as straws as well as a couple dummy names to make contributions in support of Paul Tsongas when he ran for President - the Tsongas campaign was horrified and cooperated, and he felt they should have instead been thanking him).
If you work on a political campaign and someone wants to see the candidate to give him a handful of contributions and then has a dozen money orders for $1000 each, it's time to call the feds.
