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USA v. Zubair et al.

Zubair Al Zubair and Muzzammil Al Zubair were sentenced to 24 and 23 years in prison respectively for a $21 million fraud scheme in which they allegedly posed as Middle Eastern royalty and stole money and property from victims. Michael Smedley, a former East Cleveland mayoral aide, was sentenced to over eight years in prison for allegedly accepting bribes in connection with the scheme.

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Filed: May 5 · 22:45 UTCUpdated: May 28 · 05:49 UTC

Defendants (3)

Zubair Al Zubair
Fraud scheme participant
Muzzammil Al Zubair
Fraud scheme participant
Michael Smedley
Former mayoral aideCity of East Cleveland

Charges

Bribery
Fraud

Source

News article

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-brothers-posed-middle-eastern-royalty-receive-lengthy-sentence-21m-fraud-scheme

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Ohio brothers who posed as Middle Eastern royalty receive lengthy sentence for $21M fraud scheme

Fox News · May 5 · 22:45 UTC