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    Burger chain manager fined for using 'straw donors' to back ex-LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva's 2018 campaign

    by Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times Jan 10, 2024 3 minutes
    The order window inside Tam's Burgers #21 on Rosecrans Avenue in Compton, California, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — A burger chain manager accused of using "straw donors" to repeatedly contribute to former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's 2018 bid for office has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for campaign money laundering, according to the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

    The state watchdog said in a January filing that investigators found no evidence Villanueva knew about the money laundering scheme. But commission records show the former sheriff, his 2018 campaign and his then-campaign treasurer agreed to pay a total of $7,500 for violating reporting requirements

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