FBI Probes Mayor Eric Adams' Campaign Over Possible Illegal Donations from Turkish Government

Investigation surrounds "straw donor" scheme allegedly obscuring illegal contributions from Turkish sources, focusing on Mayor Adams' fundraising chief, Brianna Suggs, who denies wrongdoing and underlines procedures put in place to identify suspicious donations.

The FBI is currently scrutinising Mayor Eric Adams' campaign contributions for potential illegal donations from Turkish sources, focusing on a 'straw donor' scheme that may have obscured these illicit funds.
The investigation is centred on Brianna Suggs, Adams' fundraising chief, who denies any wrongdoing and emphasises that the campaign had measures in place to identify suspicious donations.
In July, six men were indicted in connection with a similar scheme, accused of funnelling thousands to Adams' campaign, showing this isn't the first case of suspicious donations made to Adams' campaign.
Straw donors are individuals who make campaign contributions using someone else's money to hide the true source of funds. Investigators believe these may have been used to mask large donations made to Adams' campaign.
The FBI has seized evidence related to payments or reimbursements made to employees of KSK Construction Group in Brooklyn, a company suspected of being a conduit for campaign contributions from Turkish nationals to the Adams campaign.
Despite Mayor Adams and Suggs denying any knowledge of illegal contributions, the investigations raise questions about the thoroughness of vetting in Adams' campaign contributions.