ActBlue money laundering scam uncovered in Connecticut
- Guy
- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
Eighteen registered Democrats in Connecticut, all over the age of 70, appear to have donated $1.9 million to Democratic causes, in hundreds of thousands of small donations. According to a review of Federal Election Commission filings by Dominic Rapini, cybersecurity company CEO and a former Connecticut Republican candidate for office, many of these were made through the ActBlue platform.
Curious about the donation patterns, Rapini tracked down some of the Connecticut residents and asked them if they really did make thousands of small donations, sometimes multiples in a day. Several of the supposed donors told Rapini they did not make any of the reported donations, nor did they know anything about how their names were being used.
This investigation has caught the eye of the Trump administration and an investigation is underway. Under the law, there are limitations on the size and source (e.g. no foreign nationals) of campaign contributions. It is unlawful to use online fundraising platforms to make "straw" or "dummy" contributions or foreign contributions to influence American elections. Essentially, the ActBlue platform is suspected of being used to break down large contributions from one source (possibly foreign) into many smaller contributions, nominally attributed to numerous other individuals, without their consent or knowledge.
Between the Lines - Multiple contributions in one day using the identities of 70-plus year olds? Oh what a tangled web we weave...
