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6:36Now PlayingGrammy-winning hip-hop star Pras Michel is now a convicted felon.
The Fugees rapper was found guilty of 10 counts in a scheme to help China influence the U.S. government.
Prosecutors alleged Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, paid Michel millions to help launder money Low had allegedly embezzled from a state-owned investment fund in his home country. The alleged scheme involved payments to Barack Obama's 2012 presidential reelection campaign and efforts to convince the Trump administration to extradite a Chinese national.
Michel faces over a decade in prison for each charge.
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