HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of legislative employees believed to have been illegally paid from state coffers for political campaign work, even an aide who collected a salary for a virtual no-show job, will likely not be asked to return any money.

Instead, the attorney general plans to pursue repayment from those accused of being behind an alleged House Democratic operation from 2004-06 to illegally use millions of tax dollars for politicking.

Asked if the House Democratic caucus would try to recoup any misused taxpayer money, a caucus official simply pointed to the intentions of the attorney general to seek restitution.

Authorities say it is unclear how many of the employees caught up in the House scandal, but not charged, knew they were wrongly doing campaign work on state time or collecting taxpayer-funded bonuses for work that outside Democratic Party campaign organizations should have paid for.