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Ald. Carrie Austin's 34th Ward campaign committee slapped with $145,500 fine


Campaign-finance reports show the committee received a $50,000 contribution from Benchmark in November 2018 and a pair of $2,500 contributions from the company in November 2017 and August 2018.
Those contributions are noted in a campaign report she amended on Jan. 16, 2020, months after federal investigators raided the alderman’s ward office.
Federal agents remove boxes of material from the office of Ald. Carrie Austin in June 2019.
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The Board of Ethics voted unanimously to assess triple damages only after the board and Benchmark attempted to resolve the issue by having the contributor receive a refund of the excessive amount contributed, $48,500.
That never happened. Neither did Austin or Benchmark appear before the board to refute the violation. Austin served as ward boss for 24 years until 2019, when she failed to round up enough petition signatures to get on the ballot. She could not be reached for comment. ....

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Chicago ethics board issues its largest fine ever


Chicago ethics board issues its largest fine ever
Ald. Carrie Austin’s 34th Ward Regular Democratic Committee faces a $145,500 fine for accepting excess campaign contributions from a construction company that does work for the city.
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Chicago’s Board of Ethics has levied its largest fine ever $145,500 against a political fundraising committee for 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin for accepting campaign contributions in excess of city law. 
The fine against the 34th Ward Regular Democratic Committee, which Austin chairs, marks the first time the board has applied the “treble damages” provision for excess campaign contributions. It is also the largest fine ever levied by the board, Executive Director Steve Berlin told Crain’s in an email. ....

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