A former city comptroller was hit Thursday with a hefty fine in connection with his 2013 run for mayor.
The campaign board slapped John Liu with $26,000 in campaign finance fines in connection with a straw donor scandal.
This comes after Liu's campaign treasurer and a campaign fundraiser were convicted of federal fraud charges.
They were accused of concocting a phony donor scheme to get Liu public matching funds.
Liu never received the funds, but the board determined that his campaign should be penalized for fraud.
In a written statement via text message, Liu said, "$26,000 fine imposed now, four years after-the-fact is a laughable pittance compared to the $3.5 million penalty unjustly imposed with political motivations on my campaign just weeks before the election in 2013."
In a separate case, Brooklyn City Councilman Mathieu Eugene was slapped with $7,800 in fines for violations, including using campaign funds for his personal use.