Category: Low Taek Jho

Rapper Pras Michel Convicted in Conspiracies to Influence US Government

April 26, 2023
1MDBChinaFinance & Business TiesInfiltrating the WestJho LowJudiciaryLow Taek JhoPras MichelSpecial TopicsThreat from Communist ChinaUSUS NewsUS-China relations
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Rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the 1990’s hip-hop group the Fugees, has been found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of 10 counts of crimes related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to help China influence the United States. The 50-year-old Grammy Award-winning rapper was convicted of conspiring with a Malaysian financier, Jho Low—also known as Low…

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Beijing Enlisted an American Hip Hop Artist to Help Locate Chinese Dissident, US Prosecutors Say

June 16, 2021
1MDBChinaChina-US NewsChinese Communist PartyChinese RegimeForeign Agents Registration ActLow Taek JhoSpecial Topics
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The Chinese regime turned a former U.S. hip hop artist into one of its agents and had him lobby the FBI to repatriate a Chinese dissident in the United States, according to U.S. prosecutors. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, 48, a former member of the 1990s hip hop group Fugees, engaged in the lobbying campaign under the…

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