BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The campaign committee for former gubernatorial candidate Walter Boasso has been found guilty of violating campaign finance laws.
A three-judge panel of administrative law judges agreed with the state ethics board that the Boasso campaign committee didn't timely file disclosure reports itemizing $1.2 million in expenses involving a Philadelphia consulting firm. The decision was released Friday.
The ethics board also had levied a charge against Boasso in the case, but later withdrew the complaint. Only Boasso's campaign committee was found in violation.
The judges ordered the campaign committee to pay a $230 fine, far short of the maximum $2,500 penalty.
Boasso, a Democrat from St. Bernard Parish, lost his bid for governor to Bobby Jindal in 2007.
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