Carolinas politicians get payouts from broker

My Way News - AP: Carolinas politicians get payouts from broker:

"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Soon after taking office, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina accepted six-figure stock payouts from an online mortgage broker accused by regulators of deceiving its customers.
The two Republicans served as directors at Tree.com, the Charlotte-based corporate parent of the website LendingTree.
As board members, they were entitled to large chunks of restricted company stock if they held their positions long enough.
Both resigned after their election victories, which would have rendered their unvested stock worthless had the board not taken special action to provide them early payouts."