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Unraveling Rep. David Rivera’s maze of campaign finances
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 23, 2012 12:25pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Scott Hiaasen and Patricia Mazzei |
| News Date | Monday, April 23, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a memo wrapping up their case, Miami-Dade prosecutors said Rivera “essentially live[d] off” campaign contributions for almost a decade while serving as a part-time state lawmaker, paying mortgages on four different properties and jetting around the globe though he never held a full-time job or earned more than $28,000 a year.
So how did he do it?
Newly released FDLE investigative reports show that Rivera used back-dated campaign records, a web of bank accounts and undisclosed loans, a batch of credit cards and misleading disclosure forms to disguise his finances from the public eye during much of his eight-year tenure in the Florida Legislature.
Rivera, once the powerful budget chief in the state House of Representatives, also collected at least $175,000 in undisclosed donations for a perpetual campaign as a Miami-Dade committeeman with the state Republican Party — money Rivera frequently used to pay for meals and travel, including plane tickets for his then-girlfriend, the records show. |
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