Oregon Democratic Party officials knowingly filed false reports about the origin of a $500,000 donation from cryptocurrency firm FTX executive Nishad Singh.
But state election officials close to the party settled the matter without criminal prosecution. select
U.S. officials also agreed to cut proposed fines for false reports to $15,000 from $35,000.
The payment, reportedly the largest donation ever made by the party (Oregon Democrat), was paid last October, just weeks before the FTX exchange went bust.