05:47 AM ET 06/02/00 Exec Admits Funneling Donations http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2 567029776-8b0 By JEFFREY GOLD= Associated Press Writer= NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ Two international businessmen agreed to illegally funnel donations to Sen. Robert Torricelli's 1996 campaign, hoping their businesses might prosper if he won, one of the executives said. Cha-Kuek Koo, an executive with a South Korean conglomerate, pleaded guilty Thursday to making campaign contributions in the name of another person, admitting he recruited eight ``straw'' donors at the behest of David Chang. Chang, who operated several international trading companies, gave him $20,000 cash to reimburse the donors in Torricelli's campaign, Koo said. Koo, 54, is the fifth person to admit wrongdoing with regard to fund raising and has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's Campaign Financing Task Force. The task force has charged 25 people in connection with abuses in the 1996 elections. Koo could testify against Chang, who is accused of directing $23,000 in illegal donations _ separate from the $20,000 _ to the Torricelli campaign. Chang and his former aide, Audrey Yu, are to go on trial here Tuesday. Torricelli's ability to raise $9.2 million in a 1996 race he won over Rep. Richard A. Zimmer led to his appointment as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Torricelli is not accused of any wrongdoing. He has maintained he was unaware of the improper donations, which have since been donated to charity. Koo faces up to six months in prison, when he is sentenced Sept. 7. http://www.imagemuse.com/ ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
