A federal judge Wednesday ordered prison and fines for Kinde Durkee, the former Democratic campaign treasurer who admitted taking more than $7 million from candidates across the state, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Frank Girardot in the Daily News.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller said Durkee, 59, a Long Beach resident who maintained her headquarters in Burbank, tampered with the electoral process. She ordered Durkee, described by prosecutors as the “Bernie Madoff” of campaign treasurers, to serve 8 years and 1 month in federal prison and pay $10.5 million in fines.
Durkee’s acts disrupted campaigns – big and small – across California. She pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud in March.
