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  • CA: Machado (D-Stockton) fined $61K, returns illegal funds

    09/01/2004 9:43:18 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 177+ views
    Stockton Record ^ | 9/1/04 | Audrey Cooper
    SACRAMENTO -- State Sen. Michael Machado has paid a $61,000 fine and returned more than $56,000 in illegal campaign contributions to resolve a complaint from the Fair Political Practices Commission, the commission announced Tuesday. The penalty and fines stem from a complaint originally filed with the commission by one of Machado's constituents, who argued that the senator used an old campaign account to illegally accumulate and spend campaign funds. Commission attorneys filed notice Monday that the two sides had agreed on a settlement. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster must approve the settlement for it to become final. In...