MUR #4583

RESPONDENTS: Embassy Of India; Singh, Davendra

COMPLAINANT:

SUBJECT: Contributions-In the name of another; Foreign Nationals

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Take no further action and send an admonishment letter to the Embassy of India and Davendra Singh. 2. Close the file. 3. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report dated August 19, 1999.
Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Find probable case to believe that the Embassy of India and Davendra Singh knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441e and 441f. 2. Refer this matter to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. 3. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report dated November 3, 1998.
Decided by vote 5-0 to A. Pre-MUR 316 1. Open a MUR. 2. Find RTB that Lalit Gadhia knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441e and 441f. 3. Find RTB that Vinay Wahi knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441f. 4. Find RTB that Satish Bahl knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441f. 5. Find RTB that Uday Gadhia knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441f. 6. Find RTB that Dr. S. V. Ramamurthy knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441f. 7. Find RTB that Sachinder Gupta knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441f. 8. Find RTB that Ashok Kumta, Rosemary Osborne, and George Paniker violated 2 U.S.C. 441f but take no further action and close the file as to these respondents. 9. Find RTB that Preeti Bahl, Sivasubramanian Baskar, Arun Bedi, Tanzania Mary Cooper, Ashok Dhawan, Anita Gadhia, Anu Gadhia, Parvani Gadhia, Sonne Gowda, Vikram Gowda, Hemanta Kole, Sanjay Kumar, Ashok Kumta, Joyti Kumta, Janet Mangalvedha, Jay Mangalvedha, Mirdula Mehta, Kishor Mehta, Ann T. Mileham, Umesh Naik, Shyam Prakash, Tara Patak, Pradeep Perera, Nirmala Ramamurthy, T.P. Reddy, Venkatachalam Ramakrishnan, Tejpal Rehncy, Ashok Sahni, Indra Seunarine, Rahendra Sharma, Zubair Siddiqi, Harbhajan Singh, Hardeep Singh, Kathleen Stone, M. Surendra, Aruna Triveda, and Sudhir Triveda violated 2 U.S.C. 441f but take no further action and close the file as to these respondents. 10. Find RTB that the Indian-American Leadership Investment Fund and Subodh Chandra, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441e and 441f but take no further action and close the file as to these respondents. 11. Approve a subpoena for a Deposition for Lalit Gadhia, as recommended in the GC Report dated November 5, 1996. 12. Approve sample letter to recipient committees and approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report dated November 5, 1996. 13. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses and appropriate letters and approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report dated November 5, 1996. B. Pre-MUR 332 1. Open a MUR. 2. Find RTB that Devendra Singh and the Embassy of India knowingly and willfully violated 2 U.S.C. 441e and 441f. 3. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis and approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report dated November 5, 1996.