Problems For Ron Paul Campaign?

Much was made over the fact that he raised nearly $4.2 million online in just one day this week.

It seems that those campaign contributions aren't exactly passing the smell test. In fact, it appears that someone was using the Ron Paul campaign as a testing ground for running stolen credit cards.

Monday the Paul campaign made history. They raised more than $4 million online in 24 hours from more than 36,000 contributors.

Frost Bank investigators discovered overseas thieves used Paul's Web site to test stolen cards with $5 contributions.

"The Ron Paul campaign has noticed that dozens, perhaps hundreds of these charges have occurred," said Jesse Benton, a finance coordinator for Congressman Paul's campaign. "We are in the process of refunding that money."

Five hundred credit card numbers were stolen from Frost Bank, but fraud management teams spotted the unauthorized charges and notified customers immediately.

The bank refunded money from nearly 100 customers and canceled all 500 credit cards. Paul's campaign refunded $3,000 in stolen funds.

"He's getting money, stolen money," said Horton. "Whether he's affiliated with it or not, I have no clue. But it's too fishy."

The Paul campaign definitely had to refund the money, and he's got to make sure that no one involved with his campaign was involved in the stolen cards in the first place.

Is this a pattern?