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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area businessman and political fundraiser who obstructed a federal probe into donations to former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and falsified records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S. government officials was refused his bid Monday to stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction.
Imaad Zuberi, 50, of Arcadia, must surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service in Los Angeles before noon on June 18 to begin his 12-year sentence as planned, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips said.
In November 2019, Zuberi pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by making false statements on a FARA filing, tax evasion, and making illegal campaign contributions. In June, Zuberi pleaded guilty in a separate case to one count of obstruction of justice. His sentence pertains to both cases.
At his sentencing hearing in February, Zuberi was also ordered to pay nearly $16 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.75 million.
“Mr. Zuberi flouted federal laws that restrict foreign influences upon our government and prohibit injecting foreign money into our political campaigns,” Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison said then. “He enriched himself by defraudin
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Donor who gave $900,000 to Trump's inaugural committee to plead guilty to foreign lobbying, other charges
WASHINGTON — A venture capitalist who donated $900,000 to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee is admitting to several charges, including hiding his work as foreign agent while lobbying U.S. government officials and making illegal campaign contributions, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Imaad Shah Zuberi, who ran a venture capital firm called Avenue Ventures, solicited money from foreign nationals, funneled some of that money to American political campaigns, falsified records in order to conceal his work as a foreign agent from the Justice Department, and failed to report millions of dollars in income he earned from a foreign government, prosecutors say.
Zuberi, 49, of California, will plead guilty to submitting false statements to the Justice Department about his foreign lobbying efforts, tax evasion and campaign finance violation. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Individuals and companies that work for foreign governments are required to register their activities with the Justice Department.
Prosecutors say Zuberi solicited money from foreign governments while promising to lobby U.S. government officials on their behalf. His work, which involved ma