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Michael Smedley

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Former mayoral aide · City of East Cleveland

First tracked: May 28 · 05:49 UTCLast update: May 28 · 05:49 UTC
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SentencedFederalNDOHMay 5 · 22:45 UTC

USA v. Zubair et al.

Zubair Al Zubair, Muzzammil Al Zubair, Michael Smedley

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.

  • Bribery
  • Fraud
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