N.Y. Hotelier Chatwal Avoids Prison in Straw Donor Case
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The founder of a hotel development and management firm who has donated to Democrats including likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was sentenced to three years of probation for an illegal campaign funds scheme.
Sant Singh Chatwal, an Indian-American businessman who founded Hampshire Hotels Management LLC and the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants, was sentenced today for witness tampering and conspiring to evade donation limits using straw donors. Recipients of more than $180,000 in illegal donations weren’t identified in court.