Fugees co-founding member Pras Michel has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in a billion-dollar Malaysian money laundering and foreign influence scheme.

Pras, 53, was initially found guilty in April 2023 on 10 federal counts, including campaign finance violations, money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and lying to banks.

His sentence also includes three years of probation and he must forfeit more than $64 million, according to Billboard .

The case centered around Low Taek Jho, aka “Jho Low,” a fugitive businessman who was accused of embezzling $4.5 billion from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund known as 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Michel allegedly worked on Jho’s behalf, intentionally failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registrati

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