MUR #7900
MENSAH REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, LLC, ET AL.Summary
RESPONDENTS: Mensah Real Estate Property, LLC; Black Americans for a Better Future; Cannon, Stephen; Marston, Christopher M.
COMPLAINANT:
SUBJECT: Committees; Other; Reporting
DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Take no further action and close the file as to Mensah Real Estate.
b. Take no further action and close the file as to Stephen Cannon.
c. Transfer the remaining respondent in MUR 7900 - Black Americans for a Better Future and Christopher Marson in his official capacity as treasurer – to the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to:
a. Take no further action and close the file as to Mensah Real Estate.
b. Take no further action and close the file as to Stephen Cannon.
c. Approve the appropriate letters.
d. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to take the following actions in RAD Referral 18L-32:
1. Open a Matter Under Review.
2. Find reason to believe that Mensah Real Estate Property, LLC, and Stephen Cannon knowingly and willfully violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(b)(3) by commingling Committee funds with their own.
3. Take no action at this time as to allegations that Black Americans for a Better Future and Chris Marston in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30102(c) and 30104(b) by failing to keep complete records and file accurate reports.
4. Approve the factual and legal analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated October 3, 2019.
5. Approve the use of compulsory process.
6. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
---|---|---|---|
Take No Further Action | Cannon, Stephen | 52 U.S.C. §30102(b)(3) | |
Mensah Real Estate Property, LLC | 52 U.S.C. §30102(b)(3) |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
---|---|
Primary respondent | Mensah Real Estate Property, LLC |
Previous respondent | Black Americans for a Better Future |
Cannon, Stephen | |
Marston, Christopher M. | |
Respondent's counsel | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky& Josefiak, PLLC |
Roberts, Steve |