ALBANY (AP) - A former aide to disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been fined $10,000 by the state Commission on Public Integrity, which says he misused his official position in an effort to discredit Spitzer's main political foe.

The commission found that Darren Dopp, who was Spitzer's communications director, had the state police create official looking documents about then-Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's use of state aircraft. He then gave the documents, which wouldn't ordinarily exist, to a reporter.

Dopp didn't immediately return a call for comment Wednesday. He had decided earlier this year to sue the commission rather than contesting the charges against him. The status of that suit wasn't immediately known.

Spitzer resigned in 2008 after he was linked to a prostitution ring.