Since its inception in 1998, Google Doodle has become an iconic feature of the search engine. The doodle is a fun, interactive way to celebrate special
But the company s political action committee could use some more of it.
The Google LLC NetPAC told federal regulators that it s effectively ending efforts to recover the money it reported stolen in December.
The money about $2,500 disappeared because of fraudulent activity by an unknown, unauthorized, external party who cashed three counterfeit checks from the committee s Wells Fargo Bank account, Seth Webb, the assistant PAC treasurer, told the Federal Election Commission.
An investigation by Wells Fargo proved fruitless, Webb wrote on Friday to the FEC. The fraud case has now been closed by the bank, Webb said.
Google s PAC is among dozens of political committees that together lost at least $2.7 million to thieves during the 2020 election, an Insider analysis of federal campaign-finance records showed.