Republicans Who Violated the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA)

Displaying 4 Crimes
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
12/18/24
Illegally received $5.5 million lobbying for a Venezuelan businessman who wanted to be removed from ICE's "Most Wanted" list and then formed fake shell companies using the names of a law firm and a government official without their knowledge which he used to create false invoices and conceal his money from tax authoritiesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Barry BennettLobbyist [R]
1/03/24
Masterminded a scheme to illegally conceal $2.1 million he earned in a three-month period for lobbying services he provided for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with his coconspirator to hide the money from federal officialsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Doug WattsPolitical Operative [R]
1/03/24
Helped his coconspirator illegally conceal $2.1 million they earned lobbying for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with to hide the money from tax authorities and then lied to federal officials twice after they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
8/20/22
Failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of taxable income to the government and siphoned even more to himself through a PAC that he earned from working as an unregistered foreign agent and lobbyist for the Venezuelan governmentAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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