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A thief stole $40,000 from law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP\u2019s political action committee by passing a \u201cfraudulent\u201d check, according to a reviewed by NOTUS.<\/p>\n

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The theft occurred on April 30 when an unknown person transferred funds from the committee to a retail branch of Truist Bank in Washington, D.C. The committee reported the bogus check to the bank shortly after it was disbursed, it told federal regulators.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the next business day (May 1st), the bank reversed the charge, and all funds were returned to the committee\u2019s bank account,\u201d the PAC reported to the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n

Arnold & Porter, headquartered in Washington, acknowledged NOTUS\u2019 request for comment but did not provide additional details on the incident.<\/p>\n

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department told NOTUS they received \u201cno police reports at that address in the month of April 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request asking if Arnold & Porter filed an incident report for the theft.<\/p>\n

The Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP PAC is funded by the law firm\u2019s partners to contribute money to political candidates and campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Arnold & Porter PAC maintains a bipartisan profile through its contributions to candidates and campaigns.<\/p>\n

The committee contributed<\/u><\/span> $141,000 to federal candidates during the 2024 election cycle, with about 42% of donations going to Democrats and about 58% going to Republicans, according to an analysis of federal data by OpenSecrets.<\/p>\n

The theft from the Arnold & Porter PAC adds to a growing list of candidates and committees that have reported fraudulent activity in their federal disclosures. Political committees have experienced millions<\/u><\/span> of dollars in theft over the last decade, and in many cases, PACs are never able to recoup their stolen funds.<\/p>\n

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Last year, a PAC for the accounting giant KPMG, the 7th largest consulting firm by global revenue, reported<\/u><\/span> a $10,000 check was \u201cfraudulently intercepted\u201d and \u201caltered and cashed by an unknown party,\u201d the PAC wrote in a memo<\/u><\/span> to the FEC. KPMG disputed the transaction with PNC Bank, but \u201cwas unable to recover the funds.\u201d<\/p>\n

An \u201cunknown individual\u201d scammed<\/u><\/span> a PAC for the American Fintech Council, a leading financial technology trade association, out of nearly $2,500 by accessing the committee\u2019s checkbook. When \u201cthe unknown party attempted to cash additional fraudulent checks,\u201d the transactions were denied and the stolen funds were recovered by EagleBank.<\/p>\n

Jonas Murphy, former director of government affairs at the National Venture Capital Association, pleaded guilty<\/u><\/span> to interstate transportation of stolen property in December for what prosecutors allege amounted to more than $1 million in embezzlement from his trade association\u2019s political committee, VenturePAC.<\/p>\n

Among the Justice Department\u2019s accusations: Murphy spent $67,000 in stolen funds on automotive country club membership in New York and $9,180 on a shopping spree at a Manhattan clothing boutique. Murphy is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Political committees for members of Congress have also lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to theft this decade, according to federal campaign finance records.<\/p>\n

This year alone, the leadership PAC of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Oceans PAC, had more than $7,600 stolen<\/u><\/span> by what a spokesperson called \u201can unaffiliated third party\u201d in January.<\/p>\n

Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) told<\/u><\/span> federal regulators that a hacker stole more than $3,000 from his campaign committee in December. Booker\u2019s PAC opened a new bank account to \u201cprevent any future fraudulent activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitehouse\u2019s PAC was able to recoup the funds, but Booker\u2019s campaign committee was unable to recover the stolen cash as of NOTUS\u2019 May report on the matter.<\/p>\n

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