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Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

Pras Michel convicted of 10 counts including money laundering and witness tampering, funneled over $100 million from Malaysian financier Jho Low into U.S. politics.

  • Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a former member of the 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegally funnelling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
  • Michel was convicted of 10 counts by a federal jury in 2023 and ordered to forfeit about $65 million for his role in the scheme involving Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho.
  • Prosecutors said Michel "lied unapologetically and unrelentingly" and sought to deceive the White House, senior politicians, and the FBI for nearly a decade.
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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
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