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Congressman’s Business Ties Are at Odds With Upright Image
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 16, 2012 06:31pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | ALISON LEIGH COWAN, ANNE BARNARD and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mr. Grimm, who represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn, is facing scrutiny after The New York Times reported last month that the F.B.I. was investigating his main fund-raiser in the 2010 race.
The fund-raiser, Ofer Biton, helped Mr. Grimm collect more than $500,000 in campaign donations from the followers of an Israeli rabbi and mystic, a vast majority of whom do not live in the Congressional district.
Followers of the rabbi have told The Times that Mr. Grimm or Mr. Biton informed them the campaign would find ways to accept illegal donations, including those that exceeded limits, were paid in cash or came from foreigners without green cards.
The F.B.I. is examining allegations that Mr. Biton embezzled millions of dollars from the rabbi’s congregation.
Mr. Grimm has also provided an incomplete picture of his time on Wall Street.
In 1994, he spent a year at Whale Securities, a firm that was sanctioned repeatedly by regulators for gouging customers. |
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