[EL] D'Souza case

[Sarah Lai Stirland]

You have to give up your Indian citizenship once you gain citizenship of
another country. They don't allow dual citizenship.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David Mason <dmason12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure what is going on with FBI/DOJ, but I am aware of another
> recent, relatively low dollar case where it appears the defendant's first
> contact with the government was to be presented with a warrant and arrested
> at his office, and of yet a third recent case involving a pre-indictment
> arrest.  I believe Dinesh was born in India; I don't know if presumed dual
> citizenship puts defendants in some sort of presumed flight risk category.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Kelner, Robert <rkelner at cov.com> wrote:
>
>> As David notes, these DOJ straw donor cases are a dime a dozen.  It is
>> not at all unusual for them to originate out of DOJ rather than the FEC.
>> It is just that most of the cases go unnoticed because they do not include
>> a celebrity defendant.  What is a bit unusual here is that many cases with
>> the small dollar amount at issue in this case would be resolved with a plea
>> agreement and modest penalty prior to indictment.
>>
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>> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
>> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *David Mason
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 24, 2014 11:53 AM
>> *To:* Mark Schmitt
>> *Cc:* law-election at uci.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [EL] D'Souza case
>>
>>
>>
>> I have seen a very large number of criminal conduit/reimbursed
>> contributions filed by DOJ directly, straight to indictment, as you put
>> it.  In just the least few years I have seen several instances of criminal
>> pleas and concivtions involving fines and even imprisonment without any
>> apparent FEC role or action.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Mark Schmitt <schmitt.mark at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Am I correct in thinking that cases involving reimbursement of donors
>> usually go through the FEC and civil fines, rather than straight to a
>> federal criminal indictment?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Mark Schmitt
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