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NYT reports alleged contribution of the Isaiah family
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
NYT reports alleged contribution of the Isaiah family
The family of the brothers Roberto and William Isaias, former owners of Filanbanco, would have donated $ 320 thousand dollars to U.S. political campaigns since 2010, mentions a report of the newspaper The New York Times (NYT), citing official reports.
The Isaiah´s are judged in Ecuador by an alleged Bank embezzlement; they currently reside in Miami (USA). The Ecuadorian Government has made a request for extradition against them.
The note, published last Tuesday, indicates that about $100,000 were supposedly donated to more than one dozen members of the Congress, including Senator Robert Menéndez, Democrat of New Jersey; representative Ileana Ross-Lehtinen and Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida. They have admitted to tried to help the family with their immigration problems.
