FILED MAY 16 2017 STATE GRAND JURY OF SOUTH CAROLINA JAMES R, PARKS CLERK, STATE GRAND JURY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA } CASE NO. 2017-G8-47-13 -VERSUS- ) ) INDICTMENT FOR COMMON LAW RICHARD M. QUINN, JR. ) MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE ) DEFENDANT. ) ) Ata session of the State Grand Jury of South Carolina, convened at Columbia, South Carolina, on this 16th day of May, 2017, the State Grand Jurors present upon their oath: COMMON LAW MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE That on or about January 1, 1999 through on or about April 15, 2017, in Richland County, and while acting as a public official, the Defendant, RICHARD M. QUINN, JR, willfully and dishonestly failed to properly and faithfully discharge the duties of his public office imposed upon him by law and did commit acts or omissions in breach of his duty of good faith and accountability to the public by using the office and position of Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and candidate for the office of State Treasurer, and by using campaign funds to obtain personal profit and benefit to himself, to wit: Defendant did send business to First Impressions, Inc. d/b/a Richard Quinn and Associates (hereinafter, “RQ&A"); Mail Marketing Strategies, LLC (hereinafter, “MMS"); and ‘The Copy Shop—all business entities in which the Defendant has an economic interest—from the House Republican Caucus’s campaign and operating accounts in the amount of approximately $271,881.69, while serving as House Majority Leader; and/or, Defendant, while serving as Majority Leader of the South Carolina House Republican Caucus, failed to disclose contributions and expenditures made to and from the South Carolina House Republican Caucus Operating Account, which were improperly used for campaignpurposes, and the caucus, while under Defendant's leadership, did not file a certified report as required by law. The Caucus’s failure to provide full disclosure of Caucus contributions and expenditures allowed Defendant and businesses in which Defendant has an economic interest to collect approximately $255,188.12 from the House Republican Caucus during this time, without accountability to the public, and thereby impugning the integrity of the political and governmental process; and/or Defendant did use his position as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the South Carolina House of Representatives to solicit other members of the South Carolina House of Representatives to use MMS—a business entity in which he has an economic interest—for which he received or attempted to receive public funds used for mailing provided by the House of Representatives; and/or, Defendant did file fraudulent campaign disclosure forms pertaining to Defendant's ‘campaign account for the Office of South Carolina Treasurer; and/or, Defendant, while a candidate for and elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, District 69, did use his campaign account to gain an economic interest by directing campaign funds to RQ&A, MMS, and The Copy Shop, all three businesses in which he has an economic interest, for unlawful personal profit; and/or, Defendant, while a candidate for and elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, District 69, knowingly did file Candidate Campaign Disclosure Forms detailing reimbursements and expenditures from his campaign account, which included improper and/or false claims that money was spent for legitimate campaign or legislative purposes; and/or, Defendant did fail to file statements with the appropriate supervisory office for goods or services from a person he knows to be a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal in an amount exceeding$200, from the filer, a member of the file's immediate family, an individual with whom the filer was iated, or a business with which the filer was jated, to wit: the Defendant through $50 RQ&A and MMS accepted approximatel $4,558,860.76 from lobbyist’s principals, and failed to report or file a statement regarding the economic interest or payment for goods and services to the appropriate supervisory office; and/or, Defendant did make, participate in making or attempt to use his office, membership, or employment to influence govemmental decisions in which he, a family member, an individual with whom he was associated, or a business with which he was associated had an economic interest, to wit: the Defendant, through his businesses RQ&A, MMS, and The Copy Shop, received substantial funds from lobbyist’s principals and used his public office to influence governmental decisions involving those lobbyist principals; and/or, Defendant did act as a lobbyist while holding office in the South Carolina House of Representatives, to wit: the Defendant, through his businesses RQ&A, MMS, and The Copy Shop, did attempt to influence the action or vote of members of the South Carolina General Assembly by direct communication on behalf of entities which employed, retained, or appointed Defendant's businesses for the purpose of influencing the action or vote of any member of the General Assembly concerning legislation. All against the peace and dignity of the State and in violation of the common law of South Carolina. Qc Boreas David M. Pascoe First Circuit Solicitor Bill