Former city comptroller John Liu received $26,059 in fines from the
The board voted Thursday to fine Liu even though he never received any campaign funds. Liu finished fourth in a five-way Democratic primary for mayor that Bill de Blasio won en route to his election.
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Liu campaign treasurer Jenny Hou and fundraiser Oliver Pan were convicted of federal wire fraud charges, though Liu himself was never charged.
Roughly three-quarters, or $20,000, of Thursday’s fine was for what the board called “material representation and fraud.”
Other categories included failing to demonstrate compliance with intermediary reporting and documentation requirements; accepting contributions from corporations, limited liability companies, or partnerships; failing to document transactions; accepting over-the-limit contributions; and accepting a contribution from an unregistered political committee.
“[The] $26,000 fine imposed now 4 years after-the-fact is a laughable pittance compared to the $3.5 million penalty unjustly imposed on my campaign five weeks before the election in 2013,” Liu said in a statement to media.
Liu, a former City Council member from Queens, was comptroller from 2010 to 2013.