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Rebecca J. Wilkins is Senior Counsel, Federal Tax Policy at Citizens for Tax Justice in Washington, DC.

Anonymous Owners of U.S. Shell Companies Now Funding Politics

August 5, 2011

Today, NBC News reports that a Delaware company made a $1 million contribution to a PAC supporting Mitt Romney about six weeks after it was formed, and then dissolved two months later. This ripped-from-the-headlines story of a corporation that was created for the sole purpose of laundering massive political contributions highlights the need for a bill that was just introduced this week in the U.S. Senate.

The company, called W Spann LLC, filed a certificate of formation on March 15 with no information about the owners or the business purpose of the entity. On April 28, the LLC made a $1 million contribution to a political action committee supporting Mitt Romney.

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