Kaygold LLC (aka KayGold) was

Jack Abramoff Jack Allan Abramoff (; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer, and convicted criminal. He was at the center of an extensive federal corruption investigation, which resulted in his conviction and 21 ...

's primary front organization for funneling tribal moneys in the Gimme Five scheme to his personal accounts. Its registered address was Abramoff's home address; on the

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's 2003 Tax Form 990, Kaygold's address was listed as his work address at

Greenberg Traurig Greenberg Traurig is a multinational law firm, law and lobbying firm founded in Miami in 1967 by Mel Greenberg, Larry J. Hoffman, and Robert H. Traurig. As of 2025, it is the eighth-largest law firm in the United States. The firm has 49 locati ...

. In only nine months of 2002, more than $12 million was transferred from

Michael Scanlon Michael Scanlon (also known as Sean Scanlon) is a former communications director for Rep. Tom DeLay, lobbyist, and public relations executive who has pleaded guilty to corruption charges related to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. He is curr ...

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to Kaygold, including a $2,266,250 check on September 12, 2002 oll Call, 3/23/04 The

funneled $1.275 million from the International Interactive Alliance received through Abramoff's lobbying firm

in 2003 to Kaygold. Through Kaygold and Livsar, another of Abramoff's dummy corporations, Abramoff contributed $2000 to

David Catania David A. Catania (born January 16, 1968) is an American politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C. He was formerly an at-large List of members of the Council of the District of Columbia, member of the Council of the District of Columbia, which h ...

's campaign.

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