"Recently, Congressman Chabot was the victim of fraud when a consultant allegedly embezzled thousands of dollars from his campaign coffers. The perpetrator is accused of filing forms declaring his father for the Congressman’s treasurer. Because there are no required checks, the father was enlisted in a role he wasn’t aware of, thereby allowing for the consultant to have total access to campaign accounts. This scenario could have easily been avoided by requiring a notarized form in the first place.