Jia Hou was indicted on charges that she helped to funnel illegal campaign money to John C. Liu by using straw donors. full story ![]()
City Comptroller John Liu's former campaign treasurer, along with one of his longtime political backers, were found guilty by a federal jury Thursday of various charges involving campaign fraud.
wsj.com (22 days ago)
Defense lawyers for Jia Hou, a former campaign treasurer for City Comptroller John C. Liu, say they are worried about how political corruption cases that broke last week will affect Ms. Hou’s trial.
nytimes.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
Federal prosecutors contend the testimony bolstered the case that Jia Hou, then Comptroller John C. Liu’s campaign treasurer, had conspired to raise money through “straw donors.”
nytimes.com (1 month ago)

The defendants in the Manhattan fraud trial, a former campaign treasurer and a former fund-raiser for Comptroller John C. Liu, were each born in China.
nytimes.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
Jury selection is set to begin Monday in a fundraising fraud case involving a longtime political supporter and the former campaign treasurer of New York City Comptroller John Liu.
wsj.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
Jury selection is set to begin Monday in a fundraising fraud case involving a longtime political supporter and the former campaign treasurer of New York City Comptroller John Liu.
wsj.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
City Comptroller John Liu’s former campaign treasurer and former fundraiser were found guilty on Thursday for their roles in a [...]The post Former Liu aides found guilty appeared first on Metro.us.
metro.us (20 days ago)

Mayoral hopeful John Liu has returned more than $14,000 in campaign donations made in the straw-donor scheme that led to the convictions of two former campaign aides, campaign records released Wednesday show.
nydailynews.com (9 days ago)
A longtime political supporter and the campaign treasurer for city Comptroller John Liu "tried to corrupt an election here in New York City," a federal prosecutor charged Tuesday in opening statements at the pair's fundraising-fraud trial.
wsj.com (1 month and 7 days ago)

An undercover FBI agent testified in federal court Thursday that he worked with a fundraiser for city Controller John Liu to fraudulently drum up cash for his mayoral campaign.
nydailynews.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
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