Seven of these $199.99 payments were made to an Italian restaurant in Queens owned by a man named Joseph Oppedisano. The campaign reported an extraordinary number of expenses totaling exactly $199.99, which is 1 cent less than the amount for which the Federal Election Commission requires the submission of a receipt.Here’s a list of the problems that journalists and watchdog groups have identified in Santos’ campaign filings: Intrater is far from the only Santos donor-or alleged Santos donor-who has reason to be unsure about what happened to their money once it made its way (or allegedly made its way) into campaign accounts. (Intrater declined a request from Slate to comment further.)
Intrater also said that he believed that Harbor City was a legitimate business, and that he continued to support Santos politically after the SEC accused Harbor City of operating as a Ponzi scheme because he believed that Santos was one of Harbor City’s victims-not a participant in its fraud. For his part, Intrater told the New York Times that he is winding down his financial connections to Vekselberg and has not had “business dealings” with his cousin since sanctions were issued against him. Neither Intrater nor Vekselberg has ever been accused of having engaged in illegal activities related to Harbor City or the Santos campaign.
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