Gadhia

When politicians wanted to tap into Baltimore's Indian-American community, Lalit H. Gadhia was the man to see.The diminutive lawyer with the gracious manner established himself as a one-man link between Baltimore's Asian-Indian community and would-be mayors, governors and presidents."

A Baltimore lawyer who has been a key fund-raiser for dozens of Maryland Democrats in recent years steered thousands of dollars in apparently illegal contributions into an obscure New Mexico campaign fund that supports politicians with ties to India, several contributors say.Lalit H. Gadhia and his nephew approached people in the Baltimore area -- including a young lawyer and a hotel manager -- and asked them to write large personal checks to the fund, three...