The former North Las Vegas mayor Mike Montandon, who is now the governor candidate of Nevada from Republicans, last year received a $10,000 campaign contribution from the British Virgin Islands-registered company Forich Group Ltd. This BVI company is an affiliate of Runvee Inc., a development firm having real estate interests in North Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, foreign nationals and foreign corporations are not allowed by federal election law to donate to Americal political campaigns. Montandon says he will return an illegal contribution from the BVI company. By his words, accepting the donation was a simple mistake.
The owner of Runvee Inc. is the Shaw family of Hong Kong who contributed another $40,000 to Montandon’s gubernatorial campaign. The candidate says this family has permanent resident status in the US, this fact providing legal status to their donations.