Fugees rapper convicted in 1MDB-linked conspiracy case

WASHINGTON DC : Prakazrel"Pras" Michel, a former rapper with the Grammy-winning Fugees turned political influencer, was convicted of conspiring to wage a back-channel lobbying campaign to end United States probes of Malaysian tycoon Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, and get American authorities to extradite a dissident Chinese billionaire.

Michel showed no emotion as the foreperson declared him"guilty” on all 10 counts, and he faces as many as 20 years in prison on the most serious charge. Prosecutors said Michel began doing Low’s bidding in 2012, when Low wanted a photo with Obama during his reelection campaign.The rapper funneled US$2mil through straw donors into Obama’s campaign and a super political action committee, Black Men Vote.Low was excluded from two Obama fundraisers because of the campaign’s concerns about his playboy image, but the tycoon got his photo with the president and his wife at a holiday party.

They also heard that Michel met in China and New York with Sun Lijun, the Chinese vice-minister of public security, who was pushing for the Guo extradition.Michel was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act over his efforts to help Low; conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent of China and to commit money laundering; acting as an unregistered agent of Low; and as an agent of China in pushing for Guo’s removal.

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