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Major Graham Donor Indicted For Illegal Contributions, Defrauding Govt. Of At Least $3.6M

Ryan J. Reilly | September 20, 2011, 1:35PM


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

A major campaign contributor to Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) allegedly defrauded the federal government out of at least $3.6 million that was supposed to be used to research vaccines to combat deadly diseases.

Jian-Yun "John" Dong, the president of the South Carolina-based biotechnology firm GenPhar, and his estranged wife are accused of making at least $31,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Graham and his political action committee. GenPhar was Graham's sixth largest contributor between 2005 and 2010, with $46,269 in donations coming from GenPhar employees.

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