New York City's Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Thursday ordered former Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's Campaign to repay more than $195,000 in public matching funds he received as part of his failed 2013 Mayoral bid.
The Board also ordered Weiner's Campaign, which received more than $1.6 million in Public Matching Funds, to pay a $64,956 fine for spending irregularities uncovered by the Board's auditors, including personal expenses not allowed under New York City Campaign Finance law.
The campaign committed multiple infractions, the Board found, including:
- Accepting 21 contributions that exceeded the legal limit.
- Accepting contributions in excess of the limit for donors who have business with the City.
- Failing to demonstrate how some expenses were made in furtherance of the Campaign.
Weiner was fined for using Campaign Funds for personal use, including expenses of more than $1,500 for dry cleaning and mobile wireless services which "appear to be personal expenses of the Candidate," the Board wrote.
The roughly $65,000 fine is the largest penalty the Board has assessed for a Citywide candidate from the 2013 Election cycle, but Weiner is only the second Democratic Primary Candidate whose audit and enforcement has been completed, a CFB spokesman said.
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