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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Behind Big Political Gifts, a Mysterious Donor"
Behind Big Political Gifts, a Mysterious DonorBy RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, ALISON LEIGH COWAN and JO CRAVEN McGINTY at the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/nyregion/behind-big-political-gifts-a-mysterious-donor-from-queens.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&smid=fb-share
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It is a small apartment in a scrubby section of Jamaica, Queens, where the average household income is $33,800 and many residents receive government assistance.
But from this unlikely address, nearly $900,000 has flowed to the campaign accounts of powerful political players across the country.
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According to documents at the New York Department of State, Mr. Williams has formed at least 25 companies, most of them based at his apartment on 170th Street in Jamaica. But there is little evidence of their existing beyond incorporation papers, and most are now inactive.
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Before he vanished, Mr. Williams rebuffed a reporter who went to his apartment building and tried to ask him some basic biographical questions, like where he went to school. Mr. Williams said the questions were more complicated than they seemed and ended the conversation over a phone in the buildings lobby.
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applegrove
Jul 2012
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Amen, and I'll bet Mr. Williams isn't the only one with the same type of set-up. eom
Frustratedlady
Jul 2012
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annabanana
(52,791 posts)1. saw that. . VERY strange story.
Is he basically a money laundering operation?
Historic NY
(37,458 posts)2. A shill, a front man. Follow the money, follow the money...
DURHAM D
(32,617 posts)3. Fascinating story - thanks for posting.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)4. What in the he..
Oh this is just some weird, mystery stuff. He's a Republican but donations go to both parties?!
Someone up thread said follow the money. I say DITTO.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)5. Amen, and I'll bet Mr. Williams isn't the only one with the same type of set-up. eom
freshwest
(53,661 posts)6. Agreed. And the amount of money being transferred is incredible.