Mr. Speaker. on Thursday. May 9. 1996. the Baltimore Sun ran an article reporting that Lalit H. Gadhia. a major political fundraiser in Maryland. confessed to laundering over $46.000 in illegal political contributions from the Indian Embassy. Gadhia. former campaign treasurer for Maryland Governor. Parris Glendening. and a Baltimore immigration lawyer. confessed to the scheme in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore. according to the report. According to the report. Mr. Gadhia used money provided by the Embassy through an operative named Devendra Singh to reimburse friends and associates for campaign contributions to proIndia members of Congress and a political action committee known as the IndianAmerican Leadership Investment Fund.
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