‘Madoff of Campaign Treasurers’: Calif. Dem Charged With Embezzling $8M
- Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:15pm by
Becket Adams
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Kinde Durkee, once a top California Democrat campaign treasurer, has been formally charged with scamming $8 million from political candidates and organizations in the Golden State, Reuters reports.
If she is found guilty of the charges brought against her, it would make this the largest embezzlement case in U.S. election history.
There were at least 50 victims of Durkee’s fraudulent accounting, according to the additional charging documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) alone was taken for about $5 million.
“Senator Feinstein’s campaign sued Durkee in a related case…for fraud and breach of contract in a lawsuit that also accused First California Bank of aiding that fraud,” Reuters reports.
Although Durkee was arrested in September, 2011 (when she was first referred to as the “Madoff of campaign treasurers”), authorities have not been able to locate or recover any of the missing millions.
What, exactly, was she doing with all that cash?
Apparently, she used her clients’ campaign cash to pay her mortgage, buy baseball tickets, pay off charges on her credit card (including charges from Disneyland and Amazon.com), and pay her own firm’s business expenses, according to Newser.
And here’s something else to consider: the investigation into Durkee’s alleged fraud has frozen the coffers of dozens of Democrat politicians in California – during an election year. This has left some scrambling for campaign cash while other have been forced to pay out-of-pocket (Sen. Feinstein personally cut her campaign a $5 million dollar check to replace the missing money).
Durkee is looking to cut a plea deal, according to Politico:
Federal prosecutors will recommend that Durkee, who will also plead guilty to at least five counts of fraud, be sentenced to from 11 to 14 years in prison, the sources added.
The disgraced campaign treasurer is expected to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Friday.
(H/T: WFB)
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Comments (93)
steveh931
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:33pmThey even feed upon themselves.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:50pmIt may be “…the largest embezzlement case in U.S. election history.”
But I predict the media will play it down, because it involves the trifecta: Democrats, California, Election year.
Report Post »c.rozycki
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:51pmAnd she looks HUNGRY!
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:55pmGet in the back of line Dem’s, wait ur turn 2 rip off the ppl.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:56pmIs anyone really surprised that no matter what, you can never ever trust a Democrat/Liberal/Progressive/Fascist/Marxist/Communist with other peoples money. Even if that money belongs to other Democrat/Liberal/Progressive/Fascist/Marxist/Communists!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:58pmWere the results really any different. The money still went to a crook.
[Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) alone was taken for about $5 million.]
Report Post »Another reason these people shouldn’t be managing the country.
rs9
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:48pmDurkee/dookie her name is s##t
Report Post »maccow
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:09pmNotice how if you redistribute A Democrat’s wealth you are immediately put on trial? If she had done this to the Koch Brothers, a Bank of America executive, or a Republican, she would be given a parade in California, not a trial. It would have been just an accounting error and she would have ended as an Obama financial advisor.
Report Post »maccow
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:14pmWhat a fool
Report Post »If this lady had only started her own solar panel company she could have walked away with ten times this amount of our money free and clear.
Hollywood
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:38pmMaybe after they investigate her,they can find out just where in hell Feinstein got 5 million bucks from to give to her campaign. What a sleezeball. Pot calling the kettle black,maybe?
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:18pmit seems in the usa money runs like water with no one watching!
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:38pmThis lady probably did not mean to embezzle the money – not like the mean white raciest guy in Florida that purposely kill a little 4 year old black straight A student – who was coming back from the store where he was sent to get sometime for his invalid mother!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 5:29pmShe was just doing what Democrats do best….. Steal other peoples money !
Report Post »netmail
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 7:19pmShe ate it…cut her open.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:43pmCould not have happened to a better political party. Just by looking at the pictures you may get the sense she is the biggest embezzeler ever.
Report Post »Livia
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:07pmI was just thinking that at least she took it from the right people. I hope she took pelosi for a bumpy ride.
Report Post »huufarted
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:43amHahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa good !
If Feinstein got hit then you must AQUIT !!!
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:13pmI think it is funny, EIGHT Million dollars that will not pay for any Propaganda Liberal Socialist Propaganda. it is delightful. Let her redistribute all the donations to her bank in the Cayman Islands. You go Gurl…
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:18pmFat, ugly, and thieving is no way to go through life, lady.
Report Post »Guy Faulks
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:29pmThe Irony of a Democrat stealing from another Democat is Too good not to comment on. My only hope is besides Fienstein, I hope Nasty Pelosi was also scammed. As to how to lose $8M, how about a gambling addiction, it is happening in all states that have casino gambling where [mostly women] are caught embezzeling from employers.
Report Post »MetalPatriot
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 5:27pmHa! Yes, big surprise that anything corrupt happens here in CA. I revelled a little that it happened to Feinsteins’ campaign…she hates individuals having guns but has her own concealed carry permit AND security team (on our dime).
There’s plenty of other issues our “good” Senators I oppose but, ya’ll know about CA (Commieland). It’s understandable that everybody has or is leaving. My only problem with that is that it’s the same as giving up the fort. It “might” be a losing battle here (Lord knows we’d love to leave too) but there might be a reason for some of us to remain. If anybody can answer that one for me, I’d be obliged! lol
Report Post »mekusmilkdud
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:54pmwow that is so so true, how can a city or state rip off the public for millions and do it legally? How about coming up with a scheme to play a stupid gambling game that is heavily tilted toward the state and gives them the odds to take several millions of dollars without raising taxes?
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:26pmWell, one thing is for certain. She didn’t spend the money on a hair dresser! Yikes!! I think she fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Report Post »Finger Follie
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:51pmand then climbed back up for another ride.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:52pmBabette Josephs called from PA to inquire whether it was a “man with breasts”.
Report Post »Windwalker
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:52pmYou took the words right off my key pad!
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 7:20pmout here in cali-moscow..this is just a touch of the “bone thru the nose” crowd that habitates Sac…in my 64 years here (and leaving) the dem-wits have turned paradise into a TOILET…perhaps just a noch below what the lib-tards have done to the “Rust Belt” but disastorous nevertheless…absolutely shameful…CAL=FUBAR
Report Post »hogtrashhd
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:25pmman, if i looked like her? i’d have put some of that money into looking halfway presentable.. this woman is really fat and really fugly..
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:14pmU think , lmao
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:18pmIt figures!! Enough said!!
Report Post »Richard Peck
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:17pmHey you morons stop this assault on this fine lady. In calf. most folks agree with her as seen in the way they vote. Her mistake was trying to help the Republicans. That is what she was doing. Right.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:25pmHope they put her in the cell with Big Bertha. Better check to see if Feinstein got half of that 5 million$$$.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:30pmNo, just like All DEMOCRATS , she’s a thief, and does not care who they steal from.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:17pmLooks like the cow had a cow.
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:17pmCould not phrase it any better! Great comments.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:15pmFraudulent accounting on a dems resume is a plus,the pig is considered a ‘good’ democrat,they like that quality in a dem,that‘s why the rubes continually vote for criminal Mayor’s all across the country.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:13pmLooks like they don’t care who they steal from. How much of that did Pelosi get??!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:10pmThis is a resume enhancer for the DEMOCRAT Party. It will be pronounced a witch hunt against those with bad hair and the resulting depression. She will be released by the progressive judicial system.
Report Post »texasderek
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:09pmLook… another man with breasts….ewwww
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:08pmWe need $1 Billion divided by 8 million more of these patriotic Democrats for the 2012 election.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:01pmHey look it’s Encinoms girlfriend Monicne.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:01pmDemocrat criminal stealing from Democrat criminals……Victimless Crime.
Report Post »izukiddin
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:00pmShe was hungry! At least she stole from democrats. Hey, what’s wrong with that?
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:00pm“Sen. Feinstein personally cut her campaign a $5 million dollar check to replace the missing money.” Another socialist who claims to know what it’s like for the little people as she bashes those evil rich people and companies. I mean I regularly replace millions of dollars (petty cash) from my personal accounts when someone takes some of my donations, doesn’t everybody?
Report Post »Truth1776
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:59pmWhy shouldn’t she lie, cheat and steal? Look at her ‘leader’ of the dumocrat organization: The King of Lie, Cheat and Steal, their dear, beloved PresBO! He does it and gets away with it so why shouldn’t she?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:54pmGive her a break, it’s not cheap maintaining a hair style like that.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:59pmGonzo that was funny.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:16pmGood one
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:53pmFat girl in a little coat……….
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:02pmLOL, Tommy Girl.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:52pm.
Report Post »You’d think $8 million would make her look better. We just debunked that Myth………..
Gonzo
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:55pm$8 million of Jack Daniels wouldn’t make that look any better Monkey.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:28pmGonzo:
Report Post »LOL.., you crack me up.
I suppose that we shouldn’t be surprised that repressed rationality manifests itself physically also. Consider Rosie O’Doughnut, Rosanne Barr, the list is long.
Speaking of long lists, take a turn at googling (though I would recommend *any* other search engine) ‘Democrat idicted’, and ‘Democrat arrested’, it’s pretty amusing stuff, in a way…
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:47pmDidn’t I see her son (the Toadie) in ‘The Road Warrior?
Report Post »poster
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:46pmWonder what she spent the money on? Any thoughts?
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:30pmWell, it certainly wasn’t a weight loss spa and a make-over. On the other hand, maybe there just wasn’t enough money to finish the job..
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:43pmNothing new to see here, same ole, same ole standard operating procedures….
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:08pmThis crook, and Beenie Madoff (ex-NJ gov), and Charlie Rangol and Tim “tax cheat” Geithner.
What do they all have in common?
Hmmm…
Any of them Republican? Any of them conservative? Any of them independents? Any of them TEA Party? No? Any of them Democrat???
Once you eliminate God, everything is man-made-ethics, which eliminates right and wrong. This allows them to live by, “the end justifies the means” (situational ethics).
That eliminates accountability from an ethical standpoint. Then, when they surround themselves with others who walk a razor’s-edge line of legality, who get rich doing so, they too feel entitled. Their friends are seemingly above the law, why shouldn’t they do the same?
Conservatives on the other hand know right from wrong. Some fail to always do right, but at least they know better. I think that is why there are overwhelmingly more corrupt Democrat politicians.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:37pmThe Democrat motto is “Lie, Cheat, Steal.“ They are all about ”Me, Myself, and I.”They act like they want to help people, but all they want to do is Lord over people and control them.
Report Post »mbck1491
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:10pmIt’s sad, but some Republicans are like that too. By the way Gonzo I think she should have that $8 million donated to you. Go enjoy a day at the spa on the state of California :-).
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:37pmNo honor among thieves.
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