The head of a now-defunct lobbying firm has been indicted on charges that he made thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations in order to enhance his firm’s influence.
A federal grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday against Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group. It was unsealed Thursday after Magliocchetti’s arrest.
The indictment alleges that Magliocchetti evaded the Federal Election Campaign Act’s limits on individual campaign contributions and its ban on corporate contributions by using straw donors to make contributions that were paid for by Magliocchetti or PMA.
Arlington-based PMA closed last year, a few months after FBI agents raided the firm’s office.
