Ex-GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Yinka Adeshina Arrested for Election Fraud

Submitted by Anonymous on October 13, 2014 - 4:52pm

Remember Yinka Adeshina, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who had a slew of ... interesting campaign donations?

Well, as it turns out, the Tallahassee Police Department arrested Adeshina Monday on two counts of fraud for submitting false reports to the Department of State. Adeshina had been on a three-week-long vacation in Nigeria.

In her reports, Adeshina said she raised $182,000 for her election bid. But a quick background check on the donors she listed in her report yielded puzzling results -- many did not exist and the FDLE ultimately believes she simply made them up to show the Department of State she had raised more than $150,000. Under Florida law, any candidate who raises more than that amount is eligible for matching funds from taxpayers.

Although she never got the taxpayer cash, Adeshina did give the Department of State fake information to get the money.

She's currently being held on a $10,000 bail.

Keep it weird, Florida politics.

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