Posted on 02/11/2004 8:54:58 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A San Diego-based defense contractor pleaded guilty Wednesday to making donations to politicians he believed would help him win contracts, including Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and U.S. congressmen Duncan Hunter and Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
Parthasarathi Majumder, the former president and chief executive of Science and Applied Technology Inc., made the contributions between 1993 to 1998 and also encouraged his friends and colleagues to do so, according to the U.S. Attorney General's Office.
Majumder then reimbursed those donors more than $20,000, according to the plea agreement.
U.S. election laws limit individual contributions to $1,000 to a candidate seeking federal office per campaign period. The law also prohibits corporations from giving money to candidates or using others to donate by proxy.
The various campaigns unwittingly filed false reports with the Federal Elections Commission due to Majumder's use of proxy donors.
Donations were made to Kerry, who is now the Democratic presidential front-runner; San Diego County Republicans Hunter and Cunningham; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; and Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla.
None of the lawmakers or their staff was charged with any wrongdoing.
Prosecutors also said Majumder used money received under federal contracts to lobby for congressional support for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile program being developed by his company.
Wednesday's plea follows a Dec. 18 civil settlement in which Majumder agreed to pay the government about $3 million for submitting false claims under a government contract.
Majumder, a U.S. citizen born in India, faces a maximum penalty of five years and $250,000 in fines on charges of defrauding the government and one year and $25,000 in fines for making illegal campaign contributions.
What kind of bait do you use?
worms, big ones, I like my fish to be well fed.. G'nite
They're doing more than that...
As they used to say in Vietnam, "The gooks (in this case, the liberal demonRATS and liberal RINOs) are in the wire".
You are so full of sh*t.Imo
night crawlers will do as well, leeches work too.
There, there, there....I'm sure that you'll be better soon.
And here I thought it was cockroaches you'd prefer.
Now now, I am a 'compassionate' conservative, yaknow.
I am generally fairly civil to insects, squirmy things give me the creeps. What do you think I enjoy fishing for anyway? ( .. and don't tell me about 3 hours of peace and quiet and/or a 6 pack rung dry, whichever comes first)
"Squirmy things" give you the creeps? Then what are you doing using live bait?
Rubber worms and leeches just don't get it done, well for me , anyway..
keep jabbing away , btw. a Bump's a BumP. :-)
I consider it more of a Rope-A-Dope.
Thanks for jumping in the ring.
I have a hard time finding sparring partners lately.
You don't know how much this means to me. seriesly. :-)
Did he know it was illegal when he accepted it?
The problem he has, in this and a few other areas, is that he is tied to Wilkes and Cunningham.
Oh thank you for your concern.
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