Established Fact
The Ninth Circuit affirmed conviction under § 30122 for orchestrating a scheme where an employer reimbursed employees for political contributions made in the employees’ names — directly analogous to third-party actors making contributions in victims’ names without authorization.
Citations
United States v. Whittemore, No. 13-10515 (9th Cir. Jan. 26, 2015) , “Whittemore distributed a total of $145,000, in increments of $5,000 per person, to some of his relatives and to employees of a company of which he was chairman, requesting that the recipients make contributions to Senator Reid’s campaign… Each recipient made a contribution of $4,600, the maximum allowed under federal law.”