John Huang (, born 1945) is a major figure in the
1996 United States campaign finance controversy
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. He worked for
Lippo Bank
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in
California
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and
Worthen Bank in
Arkansas
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, and as deputy assistant secretary for international economic affairs in U.S. President
Bill Clinton
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's
Commerce Department
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before he became a chief fundraiser for the
Democratic National Committee
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in 1996.
["Campaign Finance Key Player: John Huang"]
''Washington Post'', July 27, 1997
''CNN.com'', July 1, 1997
*Duffy, Brian
''Washington Post'', May 13, 1997
On August 12, 1999, Huang pleaded guilty to a felony
conspiracy
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charge for violating campaign finance laws and was sentenced to one year of
probation
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In some jurisdictions, the term ''probation'' applies only to community sentences (alternatives to incarceration), such ...
. He was also ordered by
U.S. District Court
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to pay a $10,000 fine and serve 500 hours of community service. Prosecutors said Huang was responsible for arranging about $156,000 in illegal campaign contributions from
Lippo Group
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employees to the
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*Democratic Party (United States)
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.
["Former Democratic fund-raiser John Huang pleads guilty"]
''CNN.com'', Aug. 12 1999
Huang was born in 1945 at
Nanping
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in
Fujian
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. His father
Huang Tizhai was a native from
Wenzhou
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,
Zhejiang
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and served the
KMT
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. Huang and his father fled to
Taiwan
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at the end of the
Chinese Civil War
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before he eventually emigrated to the United States in 1969
to study for an
M.B.A.
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at the
University of Connecticut
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. After working as a loan officer at small banks around
Washington D.C.
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, Huang moved to
Kentucky
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and
Tennessee
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before becoming Vice President of Worthen Bank in Little Rock in 1984. He continued to work for Lippo at the same time.
[Greenwald, John]
"John Huang: The Dems Cash Cow"
, ''TIME
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'', November 11, 1996
References
American male criminals
Living people
Chinese Civil War refugees
People from Nanping
American people of Chinese descent
Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
Taiwanese people from Fujian
University of Connecticut alumni
1945 births
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