Reported by Dana Kennedy

On Monday, the Grammy-winning Pras Michel, 50, goes on trial in a Washington, DC, federal court as a key figure in a complex, multi-billion dollar global finance and political influence conspiracy involving two foreign nationals: Jho Low, a flashy Malaysian billionaire with ties to China, and Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire who recently had a fire in his Manhattan apartment during an FBI raid.

Federal prosecutors allege Pras received approximately $100 million from Low to influence American politics.

All in all, Low allegedly sent $21 million of the funds he scammed from Malaysia to Pras and his financial adviser. Pras, in turn, allegedly donated $1.1 million of the money, using his own name, to the Obama campaign and distributed another $865,000 to about 20 straw donors. 

Pras, who’s accused of being an unregistered foreign agent, is charged with helping Low, who financed DiCaprio’s hit movie “Wolf of Wall Street,” attempt to curry favor with the Obama and Trump administrations. 

Both Pras and Low are charged with illegally funneling millions of dollars in contributions to Obama’s 2012 campaign.

Read full report: https://nypost.com/2023/03/25/inside-the-federal-trial-of-fugees-pras-starting-march-27/