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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that Richard Zeitlin and Robert Piaro were arrested this month and charged in connection with their alleged schemes to defraud donors while soliciting money for certain political action committees (“PACs”).

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.Days after HBO released its new Telemarketers documentary series—which raises the curtain on decades of political, police, and charity telemarketing fraud—the producers got a major PR boost from an unexpected place: the Department of Justice.Last week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New Yor...

Exploring political spending is important because it can unveil fraudulent fundraising schemes, such as so-called scam PACs.

Federal authorities say Robert Piaro lied to thousands of donors who believed they were giving money to groups that help veterans.

Exploring political spending is important because it can unveil fraudulent fundraising schemes, such as so-called scam PACs.

Equitrans Midstream has boosted its lobbying footprint in Washington on the heels of this year’s budget ceiling deal.

A Fredonia man is charged in a multimillion-dollar telemarketing fraud scheme. Officials said he owns several political action committees.

A federal judge in Las Vegas refused to release Richard Zeitlin on Thursday, stating that he believed the longtime operator of Zeitlin Call Centers was a flight risk.

Federal prosecutors say the men bilked tens of millions of dollars from donors who had wanted to support causes such as aid to military veterans.

NEW YORK — Two men were arrested in Nevada and Wisconsin on Thursday on charges that they carried out separate telemarketing scams that cheated people across