Prominent developer Edward St. John was charged Friday with 11 civil counts of making illegal campaign contributions to Gov. Martin O?Malley and Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith.

St. John agreed to pay a $55,000 fine and contribute another $55,000 to College Bound, a nonprofit that assists underprivileged children in Baltimore with college expenses, to settle the charges, which alleged he paid vice presidents at his real estate company to make political campaign donations on his behalf.