Pardoned gaming executive made donations to Bush campaign [View All]

Source: The Raw Story

Another set of donations to the Republican Party made by a white-collar convict pardoned by President Bush has been revealed.

Alan Maiss, former president of Bally Gaming, made two contributions totaling $1,500 to President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. That same year, he also donated $1,000 to former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt's presidential campaign on the Democratic ticket.

Maiss pled guilty in 1995 to charges that he failed to report a fellow executive's ties to organized crime to Federal authorities. Christopher Tanfield, founder of Worldwide Gaming, was reported to be an associate of amusement park operator Eugene Gilpin, found guilty of helping the Genovese crime family run a gambling operation.

Maiss was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $5,000. An appeal was denied in 2002. His pardon was one of 19 performed by Bush on Tuesday.


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