LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A consultant who worked on Rick Sheehy’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine after he was accused of writing checks from the campaign in violation of state law.

The Accountability and Disclosure Commission approved the settlement Friday with Dean Dennhardt.

According to the settlement, Dennhardt wrote two checks totaling $75,000 to his consulting company and a $1,000 check to the Lancaster County Republican Party. The checks were written days after Sheehy resigned as lieutenant governor in a scandal involving his use of a state cellphone.

Dennhardt’s attorney, J.L. Spray, says the checks were to compensate Dennhardt for his services and to fulfill an earlier pledge to buy a table at a GOP fundraising event. Spray says Dennhardt settled because fighting the allegations wasn’t worth the cost.