Daniel Imperato

Daniel J. Imperato
Born	(1958-03-09) March 9, 1958 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation(s)	Presidential Candidate, Entrepreneur
Website	http://www.imperato2008.com/

Daniel Imperato (b. March 9, 1958, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American businessman, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States in 2008. Imperato has also unsuccessfully sought the Green Party, Reform Party, and Constitution Party nominations. A resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, the 2008 election was Imperato's first run for political office. Imperato's campaign literature describes him as an "independent Libertarian" and an "alternative candidate" for the Presidency. In 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Imperato, claiming that Imperato grossly inflated the value of his business, scamming $2.5 million from investors to fund his 2008 run for President.

Early life

Imperato grew up in Revere, Massachusetts. Daniel is the son of Paul "Sonny" Imperato and the late Mary C. Imperato. The Imperatos were originally immigrants from Italy. When promoting The Red Worm (a film he supposedly produced), Imperato claimed his family was descended from the Roman Emperor Nero.

Honors

Imperato is currently a Papal Knight and a Knight of Malta.

Imperato was a board member and headed up the Palm Beach, Florida branch office of the African Center Foundation. Imperato's website claims the organization is a United Nations non-governmental organization but in reality only works with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Imperato also is a Chaplain for the Latin/African American Chaplain's Association.

Campaigns

2008 Presidential campaign

Imperato participated in several candidate forums held by third parties, but never secured the nomination of any political party. He was vocal on many "culture war" issues, including keeping religious symbols, such as the Ten Commandments, and religious references, such as "In God We Trust", in American government.

Imperato appealed very strongly to the Hispanic community with a pro-immigration policy, and has been covered by many Hispanic media outlets. In October 2007, Imperato spoke at the Hispanic Achievers Awards Banquet and the HAP Institute Forum on Energy Policy in Las Vegas, Nevada Imperato has supported ballot access for third parties, meeting with the Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform Movement in Oklahoma.

Imperato appeared in front of the Reform Party of the United States of America, for their consideration as their Presidential candidate in 2008. In addition, Imperato participated in a debate with other candidates at the Libertarian Party State Chairs Conference in Orlando on March 19, 2007. Imperato toured the country visiting Libertarian Conventions in ten states. . At the North Carolina convention Imperto claimed he had spent about $2 million of his own money on his campaign, but his Federal Election Commission filing did not collaborate this claim. It stated that he had personally contributed $77,945 of the $78,195 raised as of March 31, 2008. Imperato was placed on the ballot for the Libertarian Party Presidential primary election in California.

On July 10, 2007 He joined other candidates at the Independent Green Party of Virginia Presidential Debate at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., moderated by CBS newsman, and former host of Meet the Press, Marvin Kalb On July 12–15, 2007 Imperato attended the Green Party national meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania. Imperato was among the ten candidates participating in a two hour forum before 200 Green Party delegates.

In a field survey conducted by LibertarianLists of Libertarian Party, concluded March 11, 2007, 98 Libertarian National Convention delegates responded with zero (0%) preferring Imperato as the Libertarian Party nominee. The same field survey was provided to 677 Libertarian Party Members who responded with 4 (0.59%) who prefer Imperato for the nomination.

On April 26, 2008, the Constitution Party held a convention to vote on its nominee. Imperato received one vote. Chuck Baldwin won the nomination with 383.8 votes.

2010 Florida Gubernatorial race

Daniel Imperato qualified as a non partisan candidate for the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election by paying a fee. Imperato received a little over 13,000 votes in the general election, which was less than one third of one percent of the total vote cast.

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Scott & Jennifer Carroll	2,619,335	48.87
	Democratic	Alex Sink & Rod Smith	2,557,785	47.72
	N/A	Peter Allen & John E Zanni	123,831	2.31
	No party	Michael E. Arth & Al Krulick	18,644	0.35
	No party	Farid Khavari & Darcy G. Richardson	7,487	0.14
	No party	C. C. Reed & Larry Waldo, Sr.	18,842	0.35
	No party	Daniel Imperato & Karl C.C. Behm	13,690	0.26
	No party	Josue Larose & Valencia St Louis (write-in)	121	0.00
Total votes			5,359,735	100
	Republican hold

Source: Florida Division of Elections

Allegations by SEC of defrauding investors

In January 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit against Imperato alleging that he defrauded investors of $2.5 million and funneled some of the cash into his 2008 presidential campaign fund. The complaint also charges that Imperato grossly inflated the value of his company. While Imperato purported to have assets ranging between $3.5 million and $269 million, with projected annual sales of up to $500 million, the SEC alleges that the company actually had no assets at all. The SEC complaint seeks permanent injunctions and civil penalties from Imperato, forfeiture of illegal profits with prejudgment interest from Imperato, and to bar Imperato from ever serving as a director or officer of a publicly held company.

External links

• Official Campaign Website
• Candidate profile on Project Vote Smart
• Imperiali Organization Website
• Six Questions with... Daniel Imperato
• Pro and con responses from Imperato on 20+ issues
• Presidential campaign FEC disclosure report