Donors to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign indicted in alleged scheme to illegally secure matching funds

Several donors who backed Eric Adams in his 2021 mayoral campaign were indicted Friday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on charges that they organized a scheme using straw donors to falsify campaign forms to game the city’s matching funds system.

Prosecutors say the individuals allegedly organized multiple straw donors to hide individual contributions above the legal limit in order to boost Adams’ campaign and curry favor with the future mayor, as many of them own firms that hoped to do business with City Hall.

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Donors to Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign indicted in alleged scheme to illegally secure matching funds

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