The Los Angeles Times reported today that the Burbank-based campaign treasurer, who was arrested Friday, is accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from the campaign accounts of Assemblyman Jose Solorio, D-Santa Ana.
Solorio had issued a statement over the weekend saying the FBI had notified him that he was a victim of the alleged mail fraud.The Los Angeles Times reports:
According to an affidavit accompanying the criminal complaint, Durkee took money from her clients' bank accounts and filed false campaign reports to cover up her actions.
When interviewed by FBI agents, Durkee "admitted that she had been misappropriating her clients' money for years and that the forms she filed with the state were false," the affadavit says.
Complaint alleges Durkee stole six figures from campaign fund
via blogs.sacbee.com
