Sentence examples for illicit contributions from inspiring English sources
Among those things was art, and his particular love of it has raised suspicions that he used purchases of Spanish artworks to launder illicit contributions.
The vice president has said he had no knowledge of the $55,000 in illicit contributions to the Democratic Party collected from donors at the temple.
A1 More Kohl Party Funds Found An audit of Germany's Christian Democratic Union found more than $6.3 million in illicit contributions under former Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
An audit last week of the federal accounts of the Christian Democratic Union disclosed about $6.3 million in illicit contributions under former Chancellor Kohl.
An audit of Germany's Christian Democratic Union today showed more than 12 million marks, or $6.3 million, in illicit contributions under former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, suggesting a system of secret financing far greater than previously acknowledged.
The essence of his defense was always: Everyone did it, and everyone knew, so why me? "How do you explain that for 20 years, when everyone knew that the system was run on illicit contributions, that there was not a single inquiry, not a single trial?" he asked in a 1994 interview with The New York Times.
In other words, the money received was not a bribe but merely an illicit contribution to the reinforcement of the Christian Democratic party.
Some took illicit campaign contributions, others pocketed the money, prosecutors say.
His predecessor, Ollanta Humala, the left-leaning former army officer who led Peru from 2011 to 2016, faces trial for allegedly taking illicit campaign contributions from the company.
He admitted that he took $25,000 in illicit campaign contributions in return for promises to help a developer, who was actually working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In more fallout from her spending, several judges in Bordeaux are investigating allegations that she financed the presidential campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy with illicit cash contributions dating from 2007.
