I am struck about how much this reminds me of Madoff and his fraud against his affinity group. When you have a crook committing theft against “fellow believers”, the crook has an additional shield against discovery because the suspicion first has to get past the affinity barrier.
“Senator Feinstein, I have good news and bad news for you. First the good news. Fortunately all the campaign cash that Durkee embezzled from you was deposited into one account and we have located it. The bad news is the account was with Bernie Madoff investments.”