http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hsu/ en-us Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351710/posts NEW YORK – Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced Tuesday to more than 24 years in prison by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that "strikes at the very core of our democracy." U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu, who raised money for Hillary Rodham Clinton and others, to 20 years in prison for his guilty plea to fraud charges and another four years and four months in prison for his conviction at trial for breaking campaign finance laws. In a lengthy criticism of Hsu's... Yahoo!.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351710/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351238/posts NEW YORK – Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced Tuesday to more than 24 years in prison by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that "strikes at the very core of our democracy." U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu, who raised money for Hillary Rodham Clinton and others, to 20 years in prison for his guilty plea to fraud charges and another four years and four months in prison for his conviction at trial for breaking campaign finance laws. In a lengthy criticism of Hsu's... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351238/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:15:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351129/posts NEW YORK – Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that "strikes at the very core of our democracy." U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu to 20 years in prison for his guilty plea to fraud charges and another four years and four months in prison for his conviction at trial for breaking campaign finance laws. In a lengthy criticism of Hsu's fraud, the judge said the former fundraiser used political... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351129/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351081/posts NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu to more than 24 years in prison for illegally funneling tens of thousands of dollars to U.S. political candidates and for his role in a Ponzi scheme. The sentence of 292 months in prison, handed down in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan by Judge Victor Marrero, was less than the 30 years that the prosecution had requested. Before Judge Marrero announced the sentence, Mr. Hsu quietly told him: "I know apologizing will not make things better for anyone, but I would still like to apologize... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351081/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254171/posts Democratic Fundraiser Convicted in Corruption Trial A Manhattan jury convicted Norman Hsu (SHOO) on Tuesday in an case that became an embarrassment to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats. AP Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A longtime Democratic fundraiser has been convicted of violating campaign finance laws. A Manhattan jury convicted Norman Hsu (SHOO) on Tuesday. The case became an embarrassment to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other prominent Democrats. Prosecutors said the 58-year-old Hsu used straw donors to make thousands of dollars in donations so he could bypass rules limiting the amount he could donate.... APReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254171/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 20:51:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254434/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Norman Hsu Found Guilty of Violating the Federal Election Campaign Act NEW YORK—Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Norman Hsu was found guilty today on all four counts in the superseding indictment charging him with violating the Federal Election Campaign Act by making contributions to various political campaigns in the names of others. Hsu was found guilty following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan federal court. The evidence at trial established that every year from 2004 through... NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254434/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 03:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254362/posts Today Reuters reported the story "Democrat fundraiser guilty of illegal donations." Author Christine Kearney begins: A former U.S. Democratic Party fundraiser whose 2007 arrest prompted Hillary Clinton to return $850,000 in campaign contributions was found guilty on Tuesday of breaking federal campaign laws Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254362/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 01:34:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253826/posts Closing Arguments Focus on Whether Hsu Repaid Colleagues for Donations The fate of Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu, who faces criminal charges for allegedly violating campaign-finance laws, now rests with a federal jury in New York. In closing arguments Monday, prosecutors and counsel for Mr. Hsu focused on the central issue of whether Mr. Hsu repaid thousands of dollars in political donations made by his business colleagues. Such repayments would violate campaign-finance laws. Mr. Hsu's troubles began after an August 2007 Wall Street Journal story raised questions about whether he was making illegal contributions to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign by financing... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253826/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 12:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251778/posts The head of an ethical and legal watchdog group is angered that Hillary Clinton is being given a pass by the media and U.S. prosecutors regarding her involvement with convicted con artist and former million-dollar Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu. Jurors in Manhattan federal court recently heard a voicemail message from then-Senator Hillary Clinton to her former top fundraiser Norman Hsu, who has pled guilty to a $20 billion Ponzi scheme that involved misleading investors about his contacts with key Democratic leaders. In the voicemail, Clinton was effusive in her praise of Hsu, suggesting she would win the Democratic presidential primary... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251778/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 19:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246274/posts Former top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges he cheated investors out of at least $20 million in a massive Ponzi scheme. The 58-year-old Hsu (SHOO) pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire and mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero. "I knew what I was doing was illegal," Hsu told the judge. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246274/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 18:21:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157417/posts Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme President-elect's name may emerge in Norman Hsu fraud trial DECEMBER 31--As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren't enough, President-elect Barack Obama's name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other massive Ponzi scheme). In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser who was charged last year with operating a $60 million pyramid scheme. According to investigators, Hsu, a major Hillary Clinton fundraiser, pressured investors to donate... The Smoking Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157417/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 01:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156848/posts DECEMBER 31--As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren't enough, President-elect Barack Obama's name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme. In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser who was charged last year with operating a $60 million pyramid scheme. In a letter last week to U.S. District Court Judge Victor Marrero, Hsu's lawyer, Martin Cohen...noted that ...it was "inevitable" that his client's "connections" to Bill and Hillary Clinton "and other democratic notables--including perhaps... The Smoking Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156848/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135026/posts A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a San Mateo County Superior Court sentence of three years in prison for a former political fundraiser who was a fugitive for 15 years. Norman Hsu, 57, was sentenced in January for a 1992 no-contest plea to a charge of grand theft in an investment scheme. County prosecutors said Hsu operated a so-called Ponzi scheme, by soliciting investments in a purported latex glove company and paying returns to early investors with funds from later investors. Prosecutors said he defrauded about 20 victims of nearly $1 million. After pleading no contest to... NBC11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135026/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126437/posts Some of Humboldt State University's student Republicans feel like minorities on campus, and are asking the university to change its nondiscrimination policy to include ideological views. ”The point is that everyone should be getting a chance to be heard,” said Jerilyn Gashi, president of the HSU College Conservatives, formerly the College Republicans. “Too often, the definition of diversity ends at a certain list. It should be extended to everyone, Republicans included.” The club is asking HSU to amend the university's nondiscrimination policy to include a clause prohibiting discrimination on the basis of ideological view or affiliation with major political parties.... The Times-Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126437/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098895/posts San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Federal regulators have sued political fundraiser Norman Hsu for allegedly operating a $60 million financial scam and using some of the proceeds to make contributions to Sen. Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098895/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067135/posts Longtime readers will recall that Barack Obama's newly tapped running mate Joe Biden was fugitive bundler Norman Hsu's 5th most richly lavished Senator, behind Clinton, Obama, Harkin, and Kennedy. Over a 15 month period from 2005-2006, the veep hopeful accepted at least $39,100 from Hsu's suspected straw donors. Suitably Flip http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067135/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029914/posts A co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, which has made a name for itself by interrupting hearings on Capitol Hill, is a fundraising bundler for Barack Obama. Jodie Evans has pledged to raise at least $50,000 for Obama, according the Democrat's campaign site. According to research being circulated by GOP sources, Evans has a record of inflammatory statements such as saying that women were better off in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, "Men are dying in their Hummers in Iraq so you can drive around in yours" and, my favorite, that the invasion of Iraq amounted to "global testosterone poisoning."... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029914/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013980/posts Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a Washington-area donor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, investigating whether he illegally reimbursed other contributors. The case is similar to one brought last year against Norman Hsu, a New York businessman who was indicted in November on charges of paying associates for donations to the New York senator. The Clinton campaign ultimately returned more than $800,000 raised by Mr. Hsu, who was also accused of cheating investors out of millions of dollars. The new investigation centers around contributions last year by William Danielczyk, chairman of Galen Capital Corp., a northern Virginia private-equity... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013980/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 11:26:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001305/posts If and when the time comes to perform the autopsy on Hillary Clinton's campaign, some will trace the start of its demise back to the Norman Hsu episode. Others will ask, "What's a Norman shoe?" Eight months ago, on August 28, 2007, Brody Mullins of the Wall Street Journal broke the Yuan Yuen (AKA "Norman") Hsu story in his article about how a Chinese family named Paw, leading a humble life-style in San Francisco, had contributed considerable monies ($284,799) to Democrat politicians. And so began the end of Norman Hsu's grand Ponzi scheme - if that's what is was. On... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001305/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:52:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989140/posts Democratic rivals mum on firm’s dirty cashMar 20, 2008 3:00 AM (17 hrs ago) by Quin Hillyer, The Examiner WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received more campaign money from disgraced lawyers at the controversial Milberg Weiss law firm than any other member of Congress, but she won’t say whether she’ll keep the contributions. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, Clinton’s chief rival for their party’s nomination, received much less money from the same lawyers but is likewise mum. Clinton received $21,971 and Obama $5,300 from four senior partners of the firm or their spouses. Presumptive Republican nominee John... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989140/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:23:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980045/posts ALBANY — On Dec. 3, Richard P. Richman, a real estate developer from Connecticut, wrote a check to Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s campaign account. The check was for $10,000, less than one-fifth of the maximum donation allowed under New York State law. But it was all he could give to the governor, who had imposed strict limits on what he would accept from donors as part of his highly publicized pledge to end the excesses of special-interest money in Albany. So Mr. Richman took out his checkbook again. This time he gave $15,000, but sent it to the state Democratic Party,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980045/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977378/posts Pakistani immigrant Abdul Jinnah may go away for as long as five years for filling Senator Clinton's campaign coffers in a very familiar way. LOS ANGELES (CNS)  -- A Northridge businessman has pleaded guilty to funneling tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Senators Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer. Abdul Rehman Jinnah admitted reimbursing employees and others for contributions made in their names. There is a $2,000 cap on individual contributions to candidates. Jinnah faces up to five years in federal prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines when he's sentenced on June 2nd. The... Suitably Flip http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977378/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:01:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969567/posts Mary Landrieu’s hypocrisy and alleged corruption continues to rear its ugly head this cycle. Next on the list of questionable Landrieu campaign tactics and decisions – taking $1,500 from Jane Kuo (PDF), who is associated with Tai Shen Koi (when giving political contributions, both use the same addresss) who was arrested in conjunction with a Chinese espionage case yesterday. Admittedly, this donation occurred during Landrieu’s first run for Senate, but taken into account with the string of more recent and ongoing questionable political activities and decisions by Landrieu, it is leading some people to sense a pattern developing. Some notable... nrsc.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969567/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964590/posts It's not that we expect politicians to have squeaky-clean donor lists. You try running for office without, at one point or another, taking money from someone you probably shouldn't. Even Barack Obama, Mr. Clean, has Tony Rezko. But the Frank Giustra-Kazakhstan-Uranium affair, blown open by The New York Times last week, serves as a reminder that the relationship between the Clintons and money has not always been lily-white. Here, a guide to the unsavory characters who have been associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton. THE DONOR Norman Hsu, Hong Kong "apparel executive." THE GREEN Hsu bundled more than $850,000 for... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964590/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960144/posts Barack Obama challenged over 'slumlord' tiesBy Philip Sherwell in Chicago Last Updated: 1:12am GMT 27/01/2008 Barack Obama and Joann Larkins live less than a mile apart in Chicago's predominantly black South Side, but they inhabit very different worlds. What connects her squalid flat and his colonnaded mansion is Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the former Obama donor and friend, who goes on trial for corruption next month - and was denounced as a "slum landlord" by Hillary Clinton in a dramatic and bitter exchange during last week's Democratic presidential debate. Mr Obama’s past ties to the Syrian-born property developer, a well-known figure... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960144/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:13:39 GMT