Treasurer of Multiple Political Action Committees Sentenced for Filing False Reports with the FEC

A Virginia political consultant who served as the treasurer of multiple Political Action Committees (PACs) was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison followed by two years of supervised release for lying to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about approximately $32,500 in payments of Political Action Committee (PAC) money that he directed to himself and a close friend.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia, and Assistant Director in Charge Timothy R. Slater of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement.

U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady sentenced Scott B. Mackenzie, 66, today after Mackenzie’s Oct. 22, 2019 conviction. Judge O’Grady also ordered Mackenzie to pay $172,000 in restitution.

From 2011 through 2018, Mackenzie was the treasurer of approximately 52 PACs, including Conservative StrikeForce, Conservative Majority Fund, Tea Party Majority Fund and Conservative Majority SuperFund. In that role, Mackenzie was responsible for complying with campaign finance laws and regulations and filing accurate disclosure reports with the FEC that detailed the PACs’ true income and expenditures. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/treasurer-multiple-political-action-committees-sentenced-filing-false-reports-fec