hunts campaign was investigated by the solicitors office the fbi and the state law enforcement division once the masquerade was uncovered the story gained widespread media attention at shealys trial former state representative robert kohn testified that he was asked by shealy to find a black man to run against ravenel shealy was convicted for violating campaign laws and fined $ hunt said that he never received the money he was promised in exchange for running shealy later referred to the fine as a "political parking ticket" and claimed it had a positive effect on his consulting business the incident prompted a rewrite of south carolina’s ethics laws