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Malcolm X's daughter pleads guilty to identity theft
CNN ^
| June 10, 2011 1:55 p.m. EDT
| Katie SilverCNN
Posted on 06/10/2011 1:44:51 PM PDT by Brown Deer
New York (CNN) -- The daughter of slain African-American activist Malcolm X has avoided a prison sentence after pleading guilty to defrauding the 70-year-old widow of one of her father's bodyguards, prosecutors said.
Malikah Shabazz will have to repay almost $56,000 to credit card companies she defrauded using the identity of New York resident Khaula Bakr, according to a district attorney statement in Queens, New York. Shabazz pleaded guilty to identity theft Thursday in Queens Supreme Court for crimes she committed between August 2006 and November 2007, the statement said.
"The defendant, who preyed upon the trusting nature of a once close family friend, has admitted her guilt in committing a serious felony offense and will be ordered to make her victims financially whole," said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Due for sentencing next month, Shabazz will need to repay the debt within a five-year probation period or she faces up to seven years in jail, according to the statement.
Her deal with prosecutors calls for her to pay back the money and be on probation for five years.
Queens prosecutors say the 46-year-old used the name of a 70-year-old woman whose late husband was one of Malcolm X's bodyguards to acquire credit cards that Shabazz used to run up big debts.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fraud; identitytheft; malcolmx; shabazz
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To: sunny48
To: Brown Deer
This reads like a segment/commercial from El Rushbo’s show.
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posted on
06/10/2011 2:43:44 PM PDT
by
Realman30
("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
To: Brown Deer
You googled the wrong SSN for OBAMA, try 68 instead of 58 for the 5th and 6th numbers
To: Paratrooper
lol, I know what SSN 0bama has been using.
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posted on
06/10/2011 2:46:56 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Bluebird Singing; Fred Nerks
Don’t forget about his brother Malikah Abongo Obama. ;-)
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posted on
06/10/2011 2:50:29 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Brown Deer
How many people avoid prison when convicted of this sort of thing?
ML/NJ
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posted on
06/10/2011 3:24:00 PM PDT
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ml/nj
To: Brown Deer
Stuff like this tends to run in families.
To: ml/nj
Some of them are given high paying jobs as consultants, but not many people are getting hired lately, although I’ve heard there are many new jobs being created every month. ;-)
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06/10/2011 3:28:38 PM PDT
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Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: little jeremiah
I’l concur with you on that one - those chins are matched bookends.
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06/10/2011 4:29:30 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Safetgiver
She’ll plant some grass seed and say she is a farmer. Thats good for 50k.
To: Slings and Arrows
Matched bookends - that’s good!
Somehow the facial expression reminds me of some of Zero’s...
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06/10/2011 4:36:54 PM PDT
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little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: Brown Deer
That smirk on her face says it all.
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06/11/2011 9:11:07 AM PDT
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bgill
(Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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