PROVIDENCE – Nearly 300 former political candidates and political action committees in Rhode Island collectively owe the state $2.2 million in fines for not filing campaign-finance reports on time, The Associated Press reported this month.
The AP examined a newly released R.I. Board of Elections report on outstanding fines. According to their review, former state senators Patrick McDonald and John Celona head the list of offenders. Current Providence City Council President Luis Aponte also ranks among the top 10 offenders.
McDonald, who is in jail for embezzlement, owes $213,000, the AP said. Celona owes nearly $176,000. He was sentenced in 2007 in a corruption case and has been released.
Aponte owes about $48,000.
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