David Rubin, president and chief executive officer of Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products, one of the brokers raided by federal investigators, contributed a combined $100,000 to political action committees formed by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in 2003 and 2004. CDR made $951,566 advising the New Mexico Finance Authority on $420 million of interest-rate swaps in 2004.Jon Goldstein, a spokesman for Richardson, a Democrat, has said the governor had no role in CDR's selection, which was through a competitive process. CDR spokesman Allan Ripp said Rubin declined to comment on his political contributions.
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