• Corporate and union contributions and coordinated
expenditures (52 U.S.C. § 30118);
• Contributions from government contractors (52 U.S.C.
§ 30119);
• Donations from foreign nationals (52 U.S.C. § 30121);
• Disguised contributions through conduits (52 U.S.C.
§ 30122);
• Cash contributions (52 U.S.C. § 30123);
• Contributions raised through fraud (52 U.S.C.
§ 30124(b));
• The solicitation or receipt of “soft money” (funds not
raised in compliance with FECA) by national political
parties (52 U.S.C. § 30125);
• The conversion of campaign funds (52 U.S.C. § 30114);
or
• The concealment of true recipients of expenditures (52
U.S.C. § 3104(b)(5)(A)).
And, if so:
(2) Was the total monetary amount involved in the
violation at least $2,000? Most FECA violations become crimes
when they aggregate $2,000 or more in a calendar year. Offenses
that aggregate at least $25,000 (or more than $10,000 in the case
of conduit violations) are felonies; offenses under these amounts
are misdemeanors. 52 U.S.C. § 30109(d)(1). The Department
interprets the significant enhancements to FECA’s criminal
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