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PAC fundraiser, PAC treasurer charged with alleged multi-year schemes to defraud donors

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that Richard Zeitlin and Robert Piaro were arrested this month and charged in connection with their alleged schemes to defraud donors while soliciting money for certain political action committees (“PACs”).

Inside the HBO Doc Exposing the Biggest Fundraising Scammers

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.Days after HBO released its new Telemarketers documentary series—which raises the curtain on decades of political, police, and charity telemarketing fraud—the producers got a major PR boost from an unexpected place: the Department of Justice.Last week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York indicted two

How 'Scam PACs' line their pockets by deceiving political donors • OpenSecrets

Exploring political spending is important because it can unveil fraudulent fundraising schemes, such as so-called scam PACs.

Fredonia man charged in scheme to defraud donors contributing to fight cancer, aid veterans and firefighters

Federal authorities say Robert Piaro lied to thousands of donors who believed they were giving money to groups that help veterans.

Fredonia man indicted in plot to defraud national charity donors