Fugees Founder Pras Michél Speaks Out While Facing 22 Years in Prison: ‘I Never Wanted to Be a Spy’

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"Technically speaking, I'm a foreign agent," says Pras Michél about himself. The Fugees star says he was part of a wild financial scandal. He has now explained in an interview how it all came about.

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Fugees Founder Pras Michél Speaks Out While Facing 22 Years in Prison: ‘I Never Wanted to Be a Spy’

It was a scene ripped from a John le Carré novel. According to firsthand accounts and court documents, a man is told to go to the front desk of the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Manhattan and say the phrase “banana peel.” The concierge then hands him an envelope with orders to circle the block twice before receiving further instructions. He returns, is shuffled into a secret elevator — one that isn’t even used for celebrities, only visiting d…

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Pras Michel 'never wanted to be a spy'

The Fugees star Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel has declared he "never wanted to be a spy" after being convicted of 10 charges in an international fraud case which included accusations he acted as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

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Fugees Co-founder Pras Michél Breaks Silence About Conviction In The 1MDB Scandal & Facing Decades In Prison

Fugees Co-founder Pras Michél (Photo Credit – Wikipedia) Pras Michél, Grammy-winning artist and founding member of the legendary hip-hop group the Fugees, faces up to 22 years behind bars after being found guilty for his role in one of the largest financial scandals in recent history, the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. In a recent interview, the 53-year-old shared how he became involved in the billion-dollar embezzlement scheme for…

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Pras Michél Opens Up About Facing 22 Years In Prison

Pras Michél, a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group The Fugees is dealing with the greatest challenge of his life. He is facing a possible 22 years in prison. For the first time since his conviction, Michél shared what led him to this point in his life in an interview with Variety. “I don’t know if subconsciously it was a bit exciting for me too but I like spy movies. But I never wanted to be a spy. I don’t think that’s sexy. But a par…

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Pras, Facing 22 Years In Prison, Says He's Done With Fugees

Fugees member Pras Michél is facing 22 years in prison for his 2023 conviction in a federal money laundering conspiracy, for which he’s seeking a retrial. He is essentially accused of being a Chinese spy for his role in a scheme to wield political influence, though in a new Variety feature, he says he “never wanted to be a spy.”