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Hillary Rodham Clinton has been busy rounding up Democratic endorsements, but her chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, can now boast a powerful supporter of his own: James Bond.

Well, not the British sleuth himself, but Daniel Craig, the actor who plays him. Mr. Craig recently made a $47,300 donation to a “super PAC” that supports Mr. Sanders, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

While the donation was generous, it appears that Mr. Craig may have been duped when he gave it to Americans Socially United. Cary Lee Peterson, the group’s founder, has faced a raft of legal and financial problems and, according to court documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity, has been ordered to pay creditors hundreds of thousands of dollars for breaching contracts.

Mr. Peterson’s history has raised questions about what he is doing with the money he raises for Mr. Sanders, whose campaign, which shuns political action committees and corporate money, has asked Mr. Peterson to stop soliciting donations on the senator’s behalf.

According to the report, many people have given to Mr. Peterson’s super PAC by coming across it online and thinking it was the official way to donate to Mr. Sanders. Mr. Craig said he had made the donation in good faith and would ask for his money back if he learned that it was not being used as intended.

As for Mr. Peterson, he has registered several political groups with the Federal Election Commission this year, none of which have filed disclosures. He told the Center for Public Integrity that his PAC was going to support Mr. Sanders whether the candidate likes it or not and that he is happy to have Mr. Craig’s donation.

“James Bond for Bernie is pretty cool, you know what I mean?” Mr. Peterson said.