Post by Logan on May 4, 2016 21:51:20 GMT -6
FBI agent: Illegal donations went to campaigns of Andy Beshear, Jack Conway
Former state Personnel Secretary Tim Longmeyer arranged for illegal campaign donations to be made in 2015 to Democrats Andy Beshear, who was elected attorney general and hired Longmeyer as his deputy, and Jack Conway, who failed in his gubernatorial bid, according to newly released court records.
The money came from a kickback scheme Longmeyer established with Lexington-based MC Squared Consulting and its co-founder, Samuel C. McIntosh, according to court records. In exchange for $197,500 in cash and $6,000 in illegal campaign donations, Longmeyer helped the firm get work organizing focus groups and conducting telephone surveys for Humana and Anthem, companies that provided insurance to state workers through the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan.
Some “straw” campaign donations were made by MC Squared employees, later reimbursed by their employer, and others were made by Longmeyer in other people’s names using part of the bribe money he collected, according to court records. The records do not identify the listed names of the donors or the totals given, although they do mention at least three $1,000 donations going to Beshear on May 29 and two $1,000 donations going to Conway on March 12.
Longmeyer — a longtime Kentucky Democratic Party insider — also helped MC Squared get “voter outreach” work from Beshear’s election campaign, with the billing disguised to conceal its true beneficiary, and he promised to continue helping McIntosh after Longmeyer became deputy attorney general this year, according to court records.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article75458762.html
Former state Personnel Secretary Tim Longmeyer arranged for illegal campaign donations to be made in 2015 to Democrats Andy Beshear, who was elected attorney general and hired Longmeyer as his deputy, and Jack Conway, who failed in his gubernatorial bid, according to newly released court records.
The money came from a kickback scheme Longmeyer established with Lexington-based MC Squared Consulting and its co-founder, Samuel C. McIntosh, according to court records. In exchange for $197,500 in cash and $6,000 in illegal campaign donations, Longmeyer helped the firm get work organizing focus groups and conducting telephone surveys for Humana and Anthem, companies that provided insurance to state workers through the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan.
Some “straw” campaign donations were made by MC Squared employees, later reimbursed by their employer, and others were made by Longmeyer in other people’s names using part of the bribe money he collected, according to court records. The records do not identify the listed names of the donors or the totals given, although they do mention at least three $1,000 donations going to Beshear on May 29 and two $1,000 donations going to Conway on March 12.
Longmeyer — a longtime Kentucky Democratic Party insider — also helped MC Squared get “voter outreach” work from Beshear’s election campaign, with the billing disguised to conceal its true beneficiary, and he promised to continue helping McIntosh after Longmeyer became deputy attorney general this year, according to court records.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article75458762.html