Campaign fund linked to Stenger fined by Missouri ethics regulators
JEFFERSON CITY — A once-obscure campaign committee that helped fund former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s 2018 reelection bid has been fined more than $10,000 for violations of state ethics rules.
The penalty was levied against the Missouri Association of Career Fire Protection District’s political action committee earlier this month after the Missouri Ethics Commission audited the account amid news reports about potential money laundering.
“Based on the audit report, the commission determined that there were reasonable grounds to believe that violations of law had occurred,” the decision said.
The fund, which has since been shut down, was used by Stenger as a place to park large corporate donations from donors seeking to bypass a state ban on making such donations directly to candidates.
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