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  • Obama Fund-Raiser Faces New US Fraud Allegation (Hassan Nemazee)

    09/03/2009 2:16:02 AM PDT · by CutePuppy · 3 replies · 606+ views
    Reuters via CNBC ^ | September 02, 2009 | Reuters
    A fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats who was charged last week with defrauding Citigroup also defrauded other banks, U.S. prosecutors said. The allegations against fund-raiser Hassan Nemazee—arrested last week on a bank fraud charge and released on $25 million bail—were not formal charges but were in a letter dated Tuesday from prosecutors to a Manhattan federal court magistrate judge handling the case. Nemazee, 59, head of a private equity firm, was accused on Aug. 25 of one count of bank fraud for seeking a fraudulent $74 million loan from Citigroup's banking unit. He said after his...