Defense Contractors Created Fake 'Society of Young Women Scientists' to Make Illegal Political Donations
to Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and one of her political action committees, according to a press release from the
. The men worked for a company called Martin Defense Group, which changed its name from Navatek after a scandal involving covid-19 relief money in 2020.Clifford Chen, Martin Kao, and Lawrence “Kahele” Lum Kee are charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., violating a ban on defense contractors donating money in federal elections, and, perhaps most damningly, donating money to Collins through a shell company called the “Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers.
In the body of this email, Individual G wrote, “All good? wasn’t sure if I filled it out right.” KAO responded by email the same day, “All good! Thanks!”
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