Khawaja Campaign Donations <\/strong><\/h2>\nKhawaja was arrested in Lithuania in September 2020 on an international warrant. US officials asked that he remain in custody pending extradition proceedings, which are ongoing.<\/p>\n
According to a June 2023 report by Lithuanian news outlet LRT<\/em>, Khawaja has been released on bail by Lithuanian authorities. Although he claims to have no money to repay the millions he is accused of acquiring fraudulently, he is currently staying at one of the most luxurious hotels in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, per LRT. <\/em><\/p>\n\n
Before his indictment and flight, Khawaja was a prominent Los Angeles businessman who donated at least $6 million to Republican and Democratic political campaigns from 2015 onwards, according to an Associated Press<\/em> report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn 2016, he held a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton\u2019s failed presidential bid, illegally transferring $3.5 million to the campaign, according to prosecutors. Then, just weeks after the election, he met the newly elected Donald Trump, donating $1 million to his inauguration campaign, per the AP.<\/em><\/p>\nIn 2020, Khawaja claimed he was being targeted by federal authorities because he had compromising information about Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two US citizens pleaded guilty last week to their part in the $150 million Allied Wallets fraud, which hoodwinked banks into processing payments for unregulated online gaming and other high-risk transactions. Mohammad \u201cMoe\u201d Diab, 48, of Glendale, Calif., and Amy Rountree, 41, of Logan, Utah, pleaded guilty to one count each of bank fraud conspiracy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":328290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,88702],"tags":[92065,92067,92069,92066,92068],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Two Plead Guilty in $150M Allied Wallets Fraud<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n