Defense lobbyist indicted on 11 counts

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/112989-defense-lobbyist-indicted-on-11-counts

The founder of a once-lucrative defense lobby shop was arrested on Thursday after being indicted on eight counts of making illegal campaign contributions to lawmakers.

Government prosecutors allege that Paul Magliocchetti, who founded the now-defunct PMA Group, orchestrated a scheme to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions in an effort to enrich himself and his firm by increasing its influence and prestige in Washington.

The PMA Group has been under scrutiny since early 2009 from federal authorities and House ethics committee investigators, but prosecutors do not allege any wrongdoing by lawmakers, who they say were not aware of Magliocchetti’s scheme.

Magliocchetti was indicted on a total of 11 counts: four of making illegal campaign contributions in the name of someone else; four of making illegal campaign contributions from a corporation; and three of causing federal campaigns to unwittingly make false statements, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

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