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The Vermont Democratic Party is one of many political fundraising committees that have fallen victim to theft during the past couple of years.

But it’s the only one where the thief deposited the stolen funds into a sports betting account.

A Raw Story analysis of Federal Election Commission records showed the Vermont Democratic Party experienced a fraudulent charge of $925 on its political committee debit card — and the money went into an account on the sports and fantasy gambling site FanDuel....

The Minnesota Democratic Party and the International Franchise Association are the latest political committees to be victims of fraudulent check cashing, a Raw Story review of Federal Election Commission records showed.

A scammer stole $490 from the Minnesota Democratic Party — formally known as the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) — on Aug. 14.

The International Franchise Association Franchising Political Action Committee also reported a thief cashing a $2,500 check on Feb. 7, according to recent correspondence with the Federal Election Commission....