Republican Criminal Theft Scandals
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County Commissioner John Novello [R-NY]Stole over $59k from a local Republican committee and spent it on personal expenses including mortgage payments, wine trips, luxury candies and everyday expenses like groceries14 Feb 2024According to charging documents filed by local police
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School Board Member Keri Blair [R-TN]Stole a total of $728.61 worth of items from a local Target during seven visits over a 26-day period by not scanning some of the more expensive items in her cart at the self-checkout line12 Jan 2024According to charging documents filed by local police
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Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for Congress16 Nov 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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State Rep. Joe Harding [R-FL]Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for by claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about it20 Oct 2023According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Omar Navarro [2016 GOP CA Rep. Nominee]Funneled at least $107,885 worth of campaign contributions into his personal accounts which he used to fund trips to Las Vegas, Napa Valley and other locations by creating a sham charity called the “United Latino Foundation” and enlisting his mother and close friend to help him transfer the money27 Sep 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Defrauded banks in New York by vastly overinflating the value of his assets by as much as $3.6 billion dollars in order to obtain more favorable loan terms in a scheme a judge overseeing his case described as "persistent and repeated fraud" and was ordered to pay a $355 million fine and prohibited from conducting business in New York state for three years26 Sep 2023According to a final ruling issued by the judge overseeing the case
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Mayor Paul Kennedy [R-NJ]22 Sep 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Aide Sam MieleImpersonated a top aide to then Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in fundraising emails that tricked more than a dozen donors into giving money to George Santos's political campaign and received a 15% commission on each contribution16 Aug 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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State Sen. Brian Kelsey [R-TN]Illegally transferred $91,000 from his political campaign and a nonprofit organization to an authorized federal campaign committee supporting his candidacy using money not subject to reporting regulations to help his 2016 bid for US Congress and then hid the transactions from the FEC11 Aug 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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NYPD Union President Ed MullinsStole roughly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted him03 Aug 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Nate Paul [Conservative Businessman]Lied to financial institutions on multiple loan applications by vastly overstating his assets -- by nearly $18 million on just one application alone -- and grossly underreporting his liabilities by millions of dollars which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that he otherwise wouldn't have been granted09 Jun 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Violated federal law by asserting he had upwards of $5 million in assets that didn't actually exist on financial disclosure forms he submitted during his 2022 run for Congress which makes you wonder why someone would falsely report having assets that didn't actually exist10 May 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Illegally received over $24,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from New York while he was still employed making a $120,000 salary at his job in Florida and then later hypocritically signed on as a top cosigner of a House bill meant to recover these ill-gotten funds10 May 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Herschel Walker [2022 GOP GA Senator Nominee]Defrauded a donor who gave him $535,200 to use on his campaign which he diverted to his personal business accounts instead and broke campaign finance laws by not disclosing it in a scheme multiple campaign finance experts called “unprecedented,” “stunning,” and “jaw-dropping”03 May 2023According to an exclusive investigative report by The Daily Beast
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State Rep. Will Dismukes [R-AL]Stole $32,000 from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery, $4,800 from a local Alabama city hall and more than $2,500 worth of flooring materials and construction materials from his previous employer over a yearslong period14 Apr 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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John Couch [2022 IN GOP Mayor Candidate]Loaded his truck with stolen large scrap metal objects including an air conditioner, furnace and water heater (the latter of which a police officer caught him loading into his truck) from the dumpster area of a heating and cooling company which had signs posted in multiple areas explicitly warning people against taking anything05 Apr 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Allegedly paid an accomplice $100 per day to illegally tamper with ATM machines in order to sell customer credit and debit card data online09 Mar 2023According to a sworn affidavit submitted to the FBI and Secret Service by alleged accomplice Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha
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Robert Otterstatter [2020 NY GOP City Council Member Candidate]Stole over $600 worth of groceries by not scanning items in the self-checkout on three separate occasions23 Feb 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Purchased four golden retriever puppies from an Amish breeder with fraudulent checks that later bounced and left the owner of the puppies out of nearly $5,000 in lost income09 Feb 2023According to a complaint filed by the owner that was later dismissed when he paid him back
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State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson [R-AR]Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returns03 Feb 2023He pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines
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Pocketed $3,000 from a GoFundMe fundraiser meant to save a homeless veteran's dying service dog who later died17 Jan 2023According to an investigative report by Patch.com
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Collected $50 per person at a fundraiser he hosted for animal rescue charity Friends of Pets United that did not appear to exist which makes you wonder where that money went19 Dec 2022According to an investigative report by The New York Times
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Stole a checkbook from a dying man his mother was caring for and used the stolen checks to purchase clothing and shoes while living in Brazil19 Dec 2022According to police in Brazil who said he confessed to the crime before leaving for the USA to elude authorities
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Danny Rampey [2022 GOP GA State Rep. Nominee]Stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living community he managed by entering their apartments when they were not home and was caught in the act by police who had been tipped off by residents who reported their missing prescriptions to the authorities16 Dec 2022According to charging documents filed by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office
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Steve Bannon [Fmr. Trump Chief Strategist]Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accounts08 Sep 2022According to charging documents filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's office
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Project VeritasPurchased a diary stolen from Joe Biden's granddaughter for $40,000 and soon after leaked it to a reporter at another rightwing outlet who posted the private material days before the 2020 Presidential election07 Sep 2022According to court records reported by The Intercept
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Cade Cothren [Chief of Staff]Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor23 Aug 2022According to charging documents filed in federal court
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State Rep. Glen Casada [R-TN]Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor23 Aug 2022According to charging documents filed in federal court
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State Rep. Richard Impallaria [R-MD]Illegally spent $92,800 in taxpayer funds over ten years for rent on two cottages that were well outside his district (one for living and the other for personal storage) and hid it by falsely declaring the storage area as his district office in which he billed the state double the rent in a scheme that also helped his legislative aide's relatives who owned both cottages27 Jul 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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State Sen. Dean Tran [R-MA]Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom01 Jul 2022According to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General
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County Commissioner Mark Thompson [R-MO]Entered private property without permission and stole a lawn sign that belonged to a political opponent of his while driving in a truck owned by county taxpayers mere months after being caught on video stealing the same opponent's sign from the parking lot of a private business29 Jun 2022Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Commissioner John Oxendine [R-GA]Raked in over $600,000 in kickbacks from a health insurance fraud scheme that charged providers with over $2.5 million worth of unnecessary tests that were ordered from doctors and conducted by a pharmaceutical company who were all involved in the conspiracy20 May 2022According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Commissioner John Oxendine [R-GA]Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expenses12 May 2022According to a complaint filed by the Georgia Ethics Commission which he settled by agreeing to forfeit $128,000 dollars left in his campaign account without admitting any guilt
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the police20 Apr 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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Mayor Paul Kennedy [R-NJ]Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale18 Mar 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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James Harris [2022 TX GOP Rep. Candidate]Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed it10 Mar 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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David Schamens [Trump PAC Exec]Defrauded 25+ people out of $6.8 million through a Ponzi scheme they thought was being invested on their behalf but was used to fund his lavish lifestyle instead08 Mar 2022According to charging documents filed by federal authorities
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City Council Member Victor Barbosa [R-FL]Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council position04 Mar 2022According to a report by The Daytona beach News-Journal
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County Commissioner John Novello [R-NY]Tricked a financial lender into giving him a $1 million loan to purchase and renovate a family home which he falsely represented as an investment property through a fake company27 Jan 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]04 Dec 2021According to charging documents filed by local police
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Roy McGrath [Chief of Staff]Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance05 Oct 2021According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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State Rep. Michael Capps [R-KS]Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salariesSep 2021According to charging documents by federal prosecutors
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Tax Collector Joel Greenberg [R-FL]Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia31 Mar 2021He pled guilty to a larger package of charges and then cooperated with federal authorities on a larger sex-trafficking investigation
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State Sen. Sam McCann [R-IL]03 Feb 2021According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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State Rep. Tricia Derges [R-MO]Raked in $191,815 by selling fake stem-cell treatments to unsuspecting patients she told would help combat COVID-19, but in reality all she administered was amniotic fluid that had no known medical benefits01 Feb 2021According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Proud Boys Chair Enrique Tarrio12 Dec 2020He pled guilty to destruction of property and being in possession of a large-capacity firearm and was sentenced to five months in jail
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Operative Paul EricksonStole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims including his own god mother, family members, friends and former classmates by convincing them to invest in various schemes he concocted that promised massive returns, but instead kept the money for himself06 Jul 2020He was sentenced to seven years in federal prison but served only 8 months after Trump pardoned him
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Tax Collector Joel Greenberg [R-FL]Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational23 Jun 2020According to charging documents by federal authorities
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Tax Collector Shirley Sosebee [R-GA]Forged her own brother's signature on a land deed in an attempt to transfer the title to her family without having to pay for the property17 Mar 2020According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Kate Gibbs [2020 NJ GOP Rep. Candidate]Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying which resulted in her getting banned from the store and having to pay a $280 fine15 Feb 2020According to an exclusive report by the Burlington County Times
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City Council Member Edward Ambrosino [R-NY]Stole more than $800,000 in legal fees owed to his law firm by transferring the money to his personal account and then didn't pay the $254,628 tax bill that would have been due had the money been acquired legally15 Nov 2019According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mayor Anthony Silva [R-CA]Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.com21 Oct 2019According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Operative McCrae Dowless [R-NC]Illegally collected Social Security Disability and retirement benefits from the government by neglecting to inform them about the more than $132,000 he earned working on political campaigns which would have drastically reduced the number of benefits he would have been eligible for30 Jul 2019Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Danielle Stella [2020 GOP MN Rep. Nominee]Stole an eye-popping 279 items totaling $2,327.97 from a Target store and $40 worth of cat food from a local grocery store mere months apart from each other26 Jul 2019According to a charging documents filed by local police
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Mayor Anthony Silva [R-CA]Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA with the help of his executive assistant04 Oct 2018According to charging documents filed by local police
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Justice Allen Loughry [R-WV]Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himself20 Jun 2018According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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State Rep. Sandra Pihos [R-IL]Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and returned later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store credit05 Jun 2018According to charging documents filed by local officials
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State Sen. John Courson [R-SC]Stole $159k from his election campaign and spent it on personal expenses by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactions04 Jun 2018According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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State Rep. Jon Stanard [R-UT]Hired a prostitute on two separate occasions and took her to a hotel room he used taxpayer dollars to pay for while also being a married father of three who voted for stricter solicitation laws shortly before getting caught09 Feb 2018According to an investigative report by the Daily Mail
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State Sen. Jake Files [R-AR]Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done29 Jan 2018According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Gov. Robert Bentley [R-AL]Ordered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser10 Apr 2017According to an investigative report by AL.com
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Gov. Robert Bentley [R-AL]Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyed10 Apr 2017According to an investigative report by AL.com
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Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasher16 Mar 2017He was convicted on 23 felony counts and sentenced to ten years in prison and a $1 million fine
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Mayor David Husk [R-NJ]Modified his timecards so he could get paid for hours he didn't actually work on at least five separate occasions before he was caught by his employer and reported to the police03 Nov 2016According to charging documents filed by local police
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State Rep. Curry Todd [R-TN]Was videotaped stealing his GOP primary opponent's lawn signs in two separate locations in broad daylight after his rival campaign staked them out after many of their signs went missing presumably because numbnuts here stole them04 Aug 2016According to an arrest report by the local police
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Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry so he could live the opulent lifestyle his taxpayer funded salary didn't provideApr 2016He pleaded guilty to using campaign funds for private use and was sentenced to eleven months in prison, but was pardoned by Donald Trump before his sentence began
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Mayor Reford Thebold [R-CO]08 Jan 2016He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 8 hours of community service and ordered to attend a shoplifting counseling class
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TX Attorney General Ken Paxton [R]Convinced numerous people into investing $840,000 in a technology company that he secretly earned commissions on while giving the false impression he was actually an investor01 Aug 2015According to charging documents filed by states attorneys
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Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Received nearly $50,000 he was not entitled to after he lied about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms he filed with the government and his campaign17 Mar 2015According to a report by Politico
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Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period02 Feb 2015According to a bombshell report by The Washington Post
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State House Speaker Mike Hubbard [R-AL]Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople20 Oct 2014According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Gov. John Rowland [R-CT]Fraudulently concealed $35,000 he received working for the 2012 campaign of Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley by creating a fake third-party contract with her husband's business to disguise the fact that a convicted criminal was providing them campaign advice19 Sep 2014According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Katrina Pierson [Senior Advisor]Shoplifted items from a local department store when was 20 years old and later cleverly used the arrest to propagate the idea that the incident changed her life for the better24 Feb 2014Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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State Rep. Thad Viers [R-SC]Broke into his ex-girlfriend's home by kicking in the door and stole her handgun, computer, cell phone and a number of other items while she was away at work06 Feb 2013According to charging documents filed by local police
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Sheriff Walter Davis III [R-OH]Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends10 Apr 2012According to an exclusive report by The Columbus Dispatch
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County Treasurer Mary Reisinger [R-PA]Stole a necklace worth only $27.99 from a Sears department store by hiding it in her pocket and not paying for it when checking out with other items and then tried to flee when confronted by security which proved her guilty intentions02 Dec 2011She pleaded guilty to shoplifting and was ordered to take a class
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Consultant John HaggertyTricked NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's aides into giving him $1.1 million in campaign funds that he said would be used to set up a ballot-security operation but was instead diverted to a personal account which he used to purchase a new home21 Oct 2011According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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City Council Member John McGee [R-ID]Stole a truck with an attached 20ft travel trailer around 3am, got stuck in a resident's driveway when he unsuccessfully attempted to turn around and then passed out inside the truck until police arrived and found him to have a BAC of .1519 Jun 2011According to charging documents filed by local police
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Rep. Rick Renzi [R-AZ]Funneled $400k in insurance premiums from a company he owned to his congressional campaign and then later transferred ownership of the company to his wife22 Feb 2008According to charging documents filed by federal officials