A Chinese national allegedly stole around $162,000 in taxpayer money to fund his 2024 campaign for New York state Assembly by defrauding the state’s public campaign matching funds program, federal prosecutors announced on June 13.
Yin Dao, 62, a resident of Queens, New York, was charged with wire fraud, according to a federal complaint, which was unsealed on Friday. He finished third with 5.9 percent of the vote, or 185 ballots, in the Democratic primary for Assembly District 40 on June 25, 2024.