Mihos committee bounces $2,500 check
By Frank Phillips
Globe Staff / February 27, 2010
Republican gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos’s political finances continue to bog down in campaign finance irregularities, this time with news of a $2,500 bounced check written by his political committee to a former consultant and Mihos’s use of his personal funds to correct the matter.
Mihos’s former policy adviser, Lawrence A. Overlan, said the final paycheck he received from the Mihos committee this month was returned because its accounts could not cover the amount. Overlan provided a copy of the Feb. 2 check that is stamped by the bank with the notation “not sufficient funds.’’
Overlan said when he confronted the candidate last week, Mihos then gave him two checks from his personal bank account totaling $2,500.
State campaign finance law requires all payments for campaign expenses be made through a candidate’s committee bank account. The law also prohibits a committee from writing checks that cannot be covered by the funds in its account.
The Globe reported last week that Mihos had bounced a $20,000 personal check, written to his committee.
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