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By  Joe Vardon The Columbus Dispatch Thursday September 26, 2013 5:53 AM

Comments: 6 Tweet Enlarge Image Treasurer Josh Mandel, left, and Rep. Jim Renacci

the north face sale Contributors for state Treasurer Josh Mandel and U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Wadsworth, face federal charges that they funneled about $200,000 to the two men’s campaigns for Congress in 2012.

the north face outlet Benjamin Suarez, 72, of Canton, and Michael Giorgio, 61, of Cuyahoga Falls, both of Suarez Corp., a direct-marketing company in North Canton, were named in an eight-count indictment filed yesterday by the U.S. attorney’s office in Cleveland. The money went to the failed bid by Mandel, a Republican, to unseat U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, and to Renacci’s victory over Democrat Betty Sutton in a contest between two U.S. House members.

the north face sale According to the FBI, Suarez “agreed to” raise $100,000 for a U.S. House campaign and another $100,000 for a U.S. Senate campaign. The indictment does not make clear with whom Suarez is accused of making the agreement.

the north face outlet online Suarez and Giorgio then recruited company employees and spouses to contribute to the two campaigns, and reimbursed them through payments disguised first as “salary” and later as “profit sharing,” according to the indictment.

the north face outlet Neither Mandel’s nor Renacci’s campaign was specifically cited in the indictment, but both candidates had confirmed during the 2012 campaign that contributions of roughly $100,000 to each campaign from Suarez employees were under federal investigation. Both campaigns returned the donations last year.

“Benjamin Suarez and Michael Giorgio engaged in behavior that blatantly ignored and directly circumvented clearly established campaign-financing laws,” said Stephen D. Anthony, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office. “The FBI is committed to fully investigate any such intentional violations of these laws, which exist to help ensure fair, honest, and transparent elections.”

Spokespeople for both Mandel and Renacci said the candidates have never been accused of wrongdoing, and Renacci spokesman James Slepian added that the campaign was never the target of the investigation.

The Department of Justice says the investigation is ongoing, and included in the indictment were subpoenas issued by a grand jury for communications between Suarez officials and specific members of both campaign staffs.

One of the staffers mentioned in the indictment was a Senate campaign aide with the initials “ S.G.” Although “S.G.” was not identified by name in the indictment, Scott Guthrie was finance director for Mandel’s 2010 treasurer’s campaign and was working for Mandel’s Senate campaign when all but one of the Suarez donations to Mandel were made in 2011. Guthrie, who still works for Mandel on his treasurer’s campaign, did not return a message seeking comment.

Suarez and his wife, Nancy, have given large sums of money to Republican candidates, while Mrs. Suarez also has made donations to Democrats. Mr. Suarez gave $22,395 to Gov. John Kasich’s 2010 campaign and $11,000 to his transition fund. The Suarezes gave $25,100 to Mandel’s 2010 treasurer’s campaign. Mrs. Suarez donated $10,000 to the Ohio Democratic Party’s state candidate fund in 2008 and $10,000 to then-Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, a Democrat, in 2010.

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