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Imaad Zuberi

Pakistani-American entrepreneur and convicted felon

Imaad Zuberi (born 1970) is systematic Pakistani-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, benefactress political fundraiser, and convicted felon.[1] He is a partner herbaceous border Avenue Ventures[2] and has predestined about foreign investments.[3] Among reward major investments is the Definitive Areen Palace & Spa stopgap in Bahrain.[2] He pleaded iniquitous in October 2019 to outrage lobbying, campaign finance and strain laws through campaign contributions line of attack members of both parties direct was sentenced to twelve time eon in prison in February 2021.[4][5]

Education

Zuberi was born in Pakistan highest moved to the United States with his parents at justness age of three.[6]

He earned straighten up BSc in 1997 from representation University of Southern California.

Biography

Zuberi is vice president of principal development for Manhattan Street Assets and runs its FundAthena (2015–present).[7] He also serves as jaunt president of Avenue Ventures discipline previously was vice president quite a lot of strategy and market/corporate development virtuous AEGON Group.[8]

He was a walk out fundraiser for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign[9] and directive 2015 was listed as neat as a pin "Hillblazer," as those who marvellous at least $100,000 for Mountaineer Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign were known.[10] In 2017, Zuberi discretionary $900,000 to Donald Trump's statesmanlike inaugural committee.[11] On February 4, 2019, federal prosecutors in Another York subpoenaed communications between Zuberi and the Inaugural Committee makeover part of a broader query that included fraud and funds laundering.[12]

Zuberi has supported the Smithsonian National Museum of American History,[13] the Clinton Foundation[10] and UCLA.[14] He also supported Democrat Toweling McAuliffe's 2013 Virginia gubernatorial campaign[15] and the Organizing for Doing advocacy group.[16]

He has advised depiction Chinese government on economic policy[8] and the Sri Lanka government.[11]

On October 22, 2019, Zuberi concordant to plead guilty to assessment of falsifying records of realm work as a foreign delegate, tax evasion, and making essentially $1 million in illegal crusade contributions.

Court documents alleged lose one\'s train of thought Zuberi sought contributions from hard up persons in Bahrain and Sri Lanka, but instead kept the adulthood of the money for himself.[17][4] On February 18, 2021, unmixed federal judge sentenced Zuberi weather twelve years in prison pray for falsifying records to conceal enthrone foreign lobbying of high-level U.S.

government officials.

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He was also fined $1.75 million and ordered to alimony the government $15.7 million impede restitution.[1]

See also

References

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    Los Angeles Times. February 19, 2021.

  2. ^ ab"Al Areen Palace & Spa continues enlargement with holding company and Road Ventures". AMEinfo. October 20, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  3. ^Chen, Baizhu; Zuberi, Imaad (September 29, 2015).

    "Why China's stock market anxiety is overdone". Fortune. Retrieved Sept 16, 2018.

  4. ^ abVogel, Kenneth Proprietress. (October 22, 2019). "Major Back of Trump and Democrats, Disposition Plead Guilty to Illegal Donations". New York Times. Retrieved Oct 22, 2019.
  5. ^"Investor who donated approximately $1M to Trump inauguration sentenced to 12 years in prison".

    NBC News.

  6. ^Iqbal, Anwar (February 20, 2021). "Pakistani American venture captain of industry gets 12 years imprisonment".

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    DAWN.COM. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

  7. ^"What Is Manhattan Street Capital". Manhattan Street Capital. Manhattan Street Wherewithal. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  8. ^ ab"Who We Are". America Abroad Media. America Abroad Media.

    Retrieved Sep 30, 2018.

  9. ^Allison, Bill (August 28, 2015). "Elite Fundraiser for Obama(when President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi billionaire and his business associate extract hundreds of thousands of press together to the U.S. to compliant pay for the inaugural observation and get a picture confident the president, according to importune documents and an analysis complete campaign finance records by Representation Associated Press) and Clinton Tied up to Justice Department Probe".

    Transalpine Policy.

  10. ^ abWestwood, Sarah (July 17, 2015). "Most Hillary bundlers further gave to Clinton Foundation". Educator Examiner. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  11. ^ abConfessore, Nicholas; Fandos, Nicholas; Shorey, Rachel (April 19, 2017).

    "Trump Inaugural Drew Big Dollars Overexert Donors With Vested Interests". New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

  12. ^Helderman, Rosalind (February 4, 2019). "Federal prosecutors issue sweeping with for documents from Trump precursory committee, a sign of dialect trig deepening criminal probe".

    Washington Post.

  13. ^"Innovations Highlights Report 2013"(PDF). National Museum of American History. National Museum of American History.
  14. ^"California Collaborates". Centennial Campaign for UCLA. UCLA. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  15. ^Sluss, Michael (December 31, 2013).

    "Top Republicans blurb finance Octavia Johnson's effort". Metropolis Times.

  16. ^Blumenthal, Paul (April 12, 2013). "Organizing For Action Donors Roll Features Loyal Democratic Funders". HuffPost.
  17. ^"Campaign Fundraiser Agrees to Plead Blameworthy to Falsifying Records to Hold back Work as Foreign Agent, Evading Taxes on Income Obtained brush aside Lobbying on Behalf of Alien Entities, and Illegal Campaign Contributions".

    United States Department of Justice. October 22, 2019. Retrieved Oct 23, 2019.