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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public
its final actions on two matters previously under review (MURs). This
release contains only disposition information.
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MUR
4952 (See MUR 4884) |
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RESPONDENTS: |
Mark Jimenez (a/k/a Mario Batucan Crespo) |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Sua sponte |
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SUBJECT: |
Corporate contributions; foreign national
contributions; contributions in the name of another; excessive contributions;
exceeding the annual $25,000 contribution limit |
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DISPOSITION: |
Reason to believe, but took no further
action*
[re: foreign national contributions; knowing and willful corporate
contributions, contributions in the name of another; excessive contributions,
exceeding the annual $25,000 contribution limit]
Mark Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer of Future Tech International,
Inc., filed a sua sponte submission with the Federal Election
Commission disclosing that the corporation, at the instruction of
Mr. Jimenez, reimbursed various employees via company bonuses for
contributions to federal candidate committees totaling approximately
$40,000 made between February 1994 and September 1996. The submission
further disclosed that Future Tech and Mr. Jimenez made numerous
contributions to the Democratic National Committee''''s non-federal
account. The FEC sought further information regarding Future Tech''''s
and Mr. Jimenez''''s non-federal contributions. The respondents counsel
filed a supplement to the sua sponte disclosing that Future
Tech and Mr. Jimenez made approximately $110,000 in contributions
tothe DNC''''s non-federal account between May 1993 and March 1994,
at a time when Mr. Jimenez was a foreign national. Mr. Jimenez further
reimbursed employees for approximately $21,500 in contributions
to local candidates in South Florida . After considering the circumstances
of the matter, the Commission determined to take no further action
and close the file in this matter. |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available
from the Commission?s web site at http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqs/searcheqs
by entering 4952 under case number. They are also available in the
FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in Washington. |
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| 2. |
MUR
5347 |
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RESPONDENT: |
(a) Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, James J. Bonham, treasurer
(b) Pennsylvania Democratic Party, James Byrnes, treasurer
(c) Congressman Joseph M. Hoeffel
(d) Hoeffel for Congress Committee, Jeffrey B. Albert,
treasurer |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Deidre Barnes |
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SUBJECT: |
Excessive coordinated expenditures; excessive
contributions |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a-b) No reason to believe*
(c-d) No reason to believe*
The complaint states that the Pennsylvania Democratic Party (?PDP?)
made excessive contributions to the Hoeffel for Congress Committee
during the 2002 election for Pennsylvania ''''s 13 th Congressional
District. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the PDP spent
$734,807 on coordinated expenditures for advertising while the limit
was $35,910. The complaint further alleges that the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee and Representative Hoeffel should be held accountable
if they were aware, and aided or devised the scheme. The Commission
found there was no reason to believe that any of the respondents
violated the Act. |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available
from the Commission?s web site at http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqs/searcheqs
by entering 5347 under case number. They are also available in the
FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in Washington. |
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*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
| 1. Receipt of proper complaint |
3. "Probable cause" stage |
| 2. "Reason to believe" stage |
4. Conciliation stage |
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a
complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then
the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.
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