CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Democratic fundraiser gets 12 years for bank fraud: “Former political fundraiser Hassan Nemazee was sentenced Thursday to 144 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York and to the FBI. Nemazee, 60, a New York resident pleaded guilty in March to multiple charges stemming from over a decade of defrauding three major banks, scamming them out nearly $300 million. . . . Nemazee is a former finance chairman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign and held the same post for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid.”