Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy and illegal foreign lobbying, Billboard reports. Washington, D.C. federal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly handed down the sentence on Thursday, November 20. Pras will serve 14 years out of a maximum 22, followed by three years of probation. Last month, he was also ordered to forfeit nearly $65 million to the U.S. government.

Pras was first charged with campaign finance crimes in 2019, though the case did not go to trial until 2023. He was accused of illegally funneling money from Malaysian fugitive Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low) into former President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and later attempting to influence President Donald J. Trump and his a

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