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Former Dublin Resident Sentenced In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Schemes

miamiherald.com

A federal district judge in Columbus has sentenced a former Dublin resident to six years in prison for masterminding two multi-million dollar frauds, including one involving former Miami Heat basketball players. Prosecutors say Haider Zafar defrauded several players and other people in 2013 by promising to invest 7.5 million dollars in various business opportunities. Zafar also was convicted of swindling a Washington, D.C. businessman out of 10 million dollars between 2008 and 2010. He must pay 15.7 million dollars in restitution and faces possible deportation when released from prison.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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