Feds: Illegal money funneled to SD pols

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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jan/21/feds-illegal-money-funneled-to-san-diego/



Former San Diego police Detective Ernesto Encinas

Feds: Illegal money funneled to SD pols
By Craig Gustafson and Susan Shroder
8:12 p.m.Jan. 21, 2014 Updated10:54 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — The owner of a Washington, D.C.-based campaign firm and a former San Diego police detective are accused of conspiring with a foreign national to illegally inject more than $500,000 into San Diego political races, including the 2012 mayoral contest, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Ravneet Singh, 41, founder of ElectionMall Inc., was arrested Friday by FBI agents and is charged alongside his company and Ernesto Encinas, 57, the former detective, with conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States.

According to Tuesday's complaint, Singh and Encinas helped a Mexican businessman donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to San Diego candidates. Under federal law, foreign nationals are prohibited from making contributions to election campaigns in the United States at any level.

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1. Typical cop