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Babulal Bera, 83, of La Palma, California,
pleaded guilty today in Sacramento before U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley in
the Eastern District of California to making excessive campaign contributions
and making campaign contributions in the name of another, according to
announcement by Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice
Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert of
the Eastern District of California made the announcement.
In connection with his pleas, Bera admitted
that, in 2010 and 2012, he made the maximum allowable individual contributions
to his son’s congressional campaigns in California’s District 3 (2010) and
District 7 (2012).
Amerish Babulal "Ami" Bera has been the U.S.
Representative for California's
7th congressional district since 2013. Bera is currently the only Indian American serving in the United States
Congress and the only Unitarian
Universalist in Congress
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| Rep. Ami Bera |
Babulal Bera admitted that he solicited friends,
family members and acquaintances to make contributions, which he then
reimbursed with his own funds to make campaign contributions in excess of the
contribution limits established by federal law. The government has
identified over 130 improper campaign contributions involving approximately 90
contributors in the two elections. To date, the government has identified
over $220,000 in reimbursed contributions relating to the 2010 campaign and
over $40,000 in reimbursed contributions relating to the 2012 campaign.
This case was investigated by the FBI.
Trial Attorney Richard Evans of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity
Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Vincent and Philip Ferrari are
prosecuting the case.
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