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Despite Hillary Rodham Clintons promise that she had scrubbed illegal cash contributions from her 2008 presidential campaign, prosecutors revealed Monday that the mastermind of Mayor Vincent C. Grays shadow campaign also funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid Mrs. Clintons bid for the White House.

Jeffrey E. Thompsons scheme included diverting more than $608,000 in illicit funds to a New York marketing executive, Troy White, who organized street teams to raise Mrs. Clintons visibility in urban areas during her Democratic primary battle against Barack Obama. Mr. White pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the case.

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Prosecutors said that from February to May 2008, Thompson used two firms to disburse $608,750 in excessive and unreported contributions to pay for campaign services in coordination with and in support of a federal political candidate for president of the United States and the federal and the candidates authorized committee. That candidate was Mrs. Clinton.

Mr. Obama, too, received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Thompson and his employees, although those donations apparently were legal.

U.S. Attorney Ron Machen said there was no indication that Mrs. Clinton was aware of the specific activities to aid her campaign.

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There are varying degrees of knowledge among the different candidates, Mr. Machen said.

An attorney for Mrs. Clintons campaign in 2008, Lyn Utrecht, has said the campaign cooperated fully with prosecutors and never hired Mr. White to work on the presidential race. She said the campaign committee turned down Mr. Whites services.

But news reports last fall indicated that a top Clinton adviser, Minyon Moore, facilitated a meeting between Mr. White and Thompson. Ms. Utrecht did not return a request for comment Monday, nor did Mrs. Clintons top spokesman, Philippe Reines.

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Hillary Clinton campaign received funds from Jeffrey Thompson