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Ex-Qualcomm exec sentenced to 4 years in prison after tech fraud

Karim Arabi was convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering and ordered to pay over $100 million in restitution for concealing his role in a microchip invention.

Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) A former Qualcomm executive who was convicted of scheming to defraud the San Diego tech giant out of $180 million was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison. Karim Arabi, 59, was found guilty of hiding his role in the invention of a new microchip technology, as well as his part in a start-up company that sold the technology to Qualcomm. Prosecutors said t…

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San Diego Union Tribune broke the news in San Diego, United States on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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