Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Washington Political Consultant Pleads Guilty in Fraud and Corruption Scheme

International Financial Law Prof Blog

According to admissions in his plea agreement, Lindenfeld agreed to route an illegal $1 million political contribution for “Elected Official A” during a 2007 campaign for elected office. The contribution was in the form of a loan routed through Lindenfeld’s political consulting firm, LSG Strategic Services Corporation (LSG).  W

hen the campaign donor attempted to collect on the outstanding balance of the $1 million loan, however, Lindenfeld and his co-conspirators, at the direction of Elected Official A, engaged in a complicated series of transactions using federal grant money and monies from Sallie Mae’s charitable arm illegally to repay the loan.  

These transactions were routed through several entities, including LSG, and were all falsely labeled as payments for services that were never actually rendered.   

read on at International Financial Law Prof Blog

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