He applied for the public matching program for straw donations, getting “as much as $2,000 in public funds for each illegal contribution,” the court papers state.

He and others certified these contributions were all kosher.

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“All told, the 2021 Campaign reaped over $10 million in Matching Funds based on the false certifications that the campaign complied with the law, when in fact Eric Adams, the defendant, knowingly and repeatedly relied on illegal contributions,” the indictment states.