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A California venture capitalist and top Donald Trump donor was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, hiding his role as a foreign agent and obstructing a federal investigation, officials reported.
Imaad Shah Zuberi, 50, was also ordered Thursday by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to pay nearly $16 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.75 million.
Zuberi, who donated $900,000 to Trumps inauguration, used his San Francisco-based venture capital firm, Avenue Ventures LLC, to lobby U.S. officials for years on behalf of foreign governments, including Turkey and Libya, according to court documents.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/imaad-shah-zuberi-trump-inauguration-12-years-prison_n_60308d80c5b66da5dba18ce9
marlakay
(11,370 posts)Our system needs a rewrite!
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)Trump knows how to game the system and create plausible deniability. That's largely why prosecuting him isn't the open and shut case many assume it to be.
I still think he gets nailed on something, maybe multiple somethings, but he knows how to limit his personal exposure. He learned from getting busted for housing violations in the 70s.
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)RKP5637
(67,032 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Even our VP when she was in SF politics.
Why do you think he's in so much trouble while crooks like Broidy are walking around?
I mean, apart from the fact that he's not white?
malaise
(267,817 posts)No pardon for another Trump crook
the feds are good at rolling out an example to scare the bejesus out of everybody else facing charges.