A federal grand jury has indicted developer and Destin resident Jay Odom on two counts of violating campaign contribution laws.
Odom is charged with “providing campaign contributions in the name of another” and “causing another to make a false statement to the Federal Election Commission,” according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial March 4 in U.S. District Court in Pensacola, the news release said.
Odom did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
He faces a maximum of seven years in prison if convicted on both counts.
Charging documents state that in December 2007 Odom used employees, their family members and associates to funnel thousands of dollars of his money into the campaign of “Federal candidate A, a candidate for President of the United States.”
The candidate was not named in the indictment.
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