he beat fenty.but shortly after great took brown,in 2011, sulaimon who also had run for mayor, said he was paid and promised a job in return for disparaging fenty during the elections. investigators discovered much of brown's story was true. they uncovered an even bigger secret -- the shadow campaign. more than $653,000 was spent and never reported on gray's behalf. allegedly, just one man was behind that money. jeffrey thompson. a jamaican immigrant who moved to the united states in the 1970's, thompson earned his ged, went to college and built a small empire. he cofounded an accounting firm and owned d.c. charter's health plan. which earned $322 million a year in revenues, the largest city contracts held by a single vendor. he rubbed elbows with the likes of oprah winfrey and dorothy height. he became known as a top fundraiser for local candidates, but federal investigators allege that donor contributions bundled by thomson actually came from him or his firm. to date, five people have pleaded guil