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April 10, 2023
Ex-Fugee Seeks Immunity For Obama Fundraiser's Testimony
Ex-Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to grant statutory immunity to a former Obama fundraiser, telling a D.C. federal judge that without immunity, the witness plans to plead the Fifth Amendment and deprive the rapper of a defense against claims he funneled foreign money into American politics.
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April 04, 2023
Ex-Trump Fundraiser Says Rapper Liaised Influence Scams
Former Republican National Committee finance chairman Elliott Broidy told a D.C. federal jury Tuesday that former Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel acted as the stateside coordinator for a Malaysian billionaire's alleged scheme to funnel foreign money into and assert influence over American politics.
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April 03, 2023
Leonardo DiCaprio Testifies In Ex-Fugee's Conspiracy Trial
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio told a D.C. federal jury Monday that fugitive Malaysian billionaire Jho Low — the man at the center of an alleged conspiracy with former Fugees rapper Pras Michel to funnel foreign money into American politics — once said he planned to donate roughly $20 million to the Democratic Party ahead of the 2012 election.
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March 30, 2023
Ex-Fugees Rapper Made $100M In Influence Scams: Prosecutors
Former Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel was desperate and willing to do anything for money in 2012, prosecutors told a D.C. federal jury Thursday, so he teamed up with the Malaysian billionaire allegedly responsible for the 1MDB embezzlement scandal to funnel foreign money into and influence American politics.
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September 13, 2022
Ex-Fugees Artist Can't Nix 1MDB-Linked Illegal Lobbying Case
Ex-Fugees member Prakazrel Michel lost his bid to nix charges relating to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd. political embezzlement scandal after a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday rejected contentions that Michel was singled out in a crowd of co-conspirators by pointing to a lack of evidence to infer discriminatory motivation by prosecutors.
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June 11, 2021
Ex-Fugee, Fugitive Malaysian Hit With New 1MDB Charges
Malaysian fugitive Jho Low and former Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel were charged for their alleged roles in the back-channel scheme to lobby then-President Donald Trump to drop an investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad embezzlement scandal, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
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December 19, 2019
The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019
From men on the periphery of a presidential scandal to rich parents bribing their kids' way into college, 2019 was rife with headline-grabbing white collar cases, even while prosecutors suffered defeat in some of their most complicated fraud trials. Here, Law360 looks back at a few of the biggest white collar rulings of 2019.
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May 10, 2019
Ex-Fugee, 1MDB Suspect Hit With Campaign Finance Charges
Former Fugees rapper Pras Michel was charged alongside a suspect in Malaysia's 1MDB bond fraud scandal with a conspiracy to illegally funnel $1.9 million in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, prosecutors announced on Friday.
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