6 years for multimillion-dollar 詐欺, 伴う／関わるd Miami Heat
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ― A 連邦の 裁判官 手渡すd 負かす／撃墜する a six-year 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決 Thursday to a man who portrayed himself as a member of a 豊富な Pakistani family while running a multimillion-dollar 投資 scam 伴う／関わるing three former Miami Heat players and the team itself.
裁判官 Edmund Sargus also ordered Haider Zafar to 支払う／賃金 $15.7 million in restitution to his 犠牲者s and three years 監督 after his 解放（する）.
Zafar, 36, a 合法的な U.S. 居住（者）, could 直面する 国外追放 to his native Pakistan after leaving 刑務所，拘置所.
FILE-This Wednesday, May, 28, 2014 とじ込み／提出する photo shows Miami Heat 今後 Rashard 吊りくさび slapping 手渡すs with Mario Chalmers during the NBA basketball Eastern 会議／協議会 決勝戦 against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. The 政府 主張するs that Haider Zafar defrauded players マイク Miller, James Jones and 吊りくさび in 2013 by 約束ing to 投資する $7.5 million in さまざまな 商売／仕事 適切な時期s. Instead, 検察官，検事s say, Zafar kept the money and used some of it to buy a $1 million, three-season Heat ticket 一括. A 裁判官 is 準備するing to 宣告，判決 Zafar, who pleaded 有罪の in a multimillion-dollar scam 伴う／関わるing the three former Miami Heat players and the team itself. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, とじ込み／提出する)
Zafar defrauded players マイク Miller, James Jones and Rashard 吊りくさび in 2013 by 約束ing to 投資する millions of dollars in さまざまな 商売／仕事 適切な時期s, によれば the 政府. He also received a $1 million, three-season Heat ticket 一括 he never paid for, the 政府 said.
Zafar pleaded 有罪の last year in 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 in Columbus to five wire 詐欺 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s that each carry 最大限 20-year 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決s. That 事例／患者 was 強固にする／合併する／制圧するd with another against Zafar, in which the 被告 以前 pleaded 有罪の to 搾取するing a Washington, D.C., 実業家 out of $10 million between 2008 and 2010.
Zafar わびるd for his 活動／戦闘s and 試みる／企てるd to defend some of what happened 伴う／関わるing the Washington 実業家.
After the 審理，公聴会, Andrew 罰金, a lawyer 代表するing the 実業家 and the former Heat players, called the 宣告，判決 "absurdly low." He had argued for a longer 宣告，判決 in a Tuesday letter sent to Sargus.
Zafar was an "inveterate" 犯罪の who thumbed his nose at the 政府 even when he was under 調査, 罰金 wrote.
"にもかかわらず knowledge that his 詐欺 had been discover ed in one 裁判権, he continued to perpetuate a 類似の 詐欺 in another 裁判権," the letter said.
Zafar's 弁護士／代理人／検事 Sam Shamansky argued for a 宣告，判決 closer to four years, 説 Zafar had 打ち勝つ tremendous personal 障害s ― 含むing 存在 left penniless by family members ― when he emigrated to the U.S. as a young man. He also said Zafar had struggled with 中毒s to painkillers after an 事故.
にもかかわらず, Zafar overcame such struggles and has "done 井戸／弁護士席 for himself, but for these two unfortunate 出来事/事件s," Shamansky said. He also 公式文書，認めるd that Zafar had ample 適切な時期 to 逃げる the country during the 調査 but chose to stay and 直面する the consequences.
Zafar got his 手渡す caught in the till after preying on 豊富な people, Tracey 過密な住居, special スパイ／執行官 in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 for the IRS 犯罪の 分割 in Cincinnati, said after the 審理，公聴会.
Of his restitution, $2 million is payable to the IRS. Zafar did not とじ込み／提出する 税金 returns from 2008 through 2010, the 政府 said.
証言 by an 連邦検察局 スパイ／執行官 portrayed Zafar as a man who talked big as he 説得するd the Heat players to give him millions of dollars for 投資s that never materialized.
Zafar 誇るd of $35 million in a スイスの bank account and 高級な 住居s in New York City and Miami and was often seen 存在 chauffeured in a yellow Ferrari, a white Bentley and a 黒人／ボイコット Escalade, 連邦検察局 スパイ／執行官 David 罰金 証言するd last year.
Zafar 説得するd the Miami Heat's 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of sales to sell him a 賞与金 three-season ticket 一括 for $1 million after explaining about his "family history and 影響（力）," 含むing 所有権 of hotels, companies and other 商売／仕事 投機・賭けるs, 罰金 said.
Zafar 納得させるd Miller to give him $2.6 million, 吊りくさび to give him $4 million and Jones to give him $1.5 million, all for an 投資 適切な時期 that Zafar said would "quickly 得る a 重要な return." But rather than reimburse the Miami Heat or three individuals, Zafar used the money "for his personal use and 利益," 罰金 said.
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FILE-This Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 とじ込み／提出する photo shows Cleveland Cavaliers 今後 マイク Miller in a preseason NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. The 政府 主張するs that Haider Zafar defrauded players マイク Miller, James Jones and Rashard 吊りくさび in 2013 by 約束ing to 投資する $7.5 million in さまざまな 商売／仕事 適切な時期s. Instead, 検察官，検事s say, Zafar kept the money and used some of it to buy a $1 million, three-season Heat ticket 一括. A ju dge is 準備するing to 宣告，判決 Zafar, who pleaded 有罪の in a multimillion-dollar scam 伴う／関わるing the three former Miami Heat players and the team itself. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE-This Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 とじ込み／提出する photo shows Cleveland Cavaliers' James Jones during an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia. The 政府 主張するs that Haider Zafar defrauded players マイク Miller, James Jones and Rashard 吊りくさび in 2013 by 約束ing to 投資する $7.5 million in さまざまな 商売／仕事 適切な時期s. Instead, 検察官，検事s say, Zafar kept the money and used some of it to buy a $1 million, three-season Heat ticket 一括. A 裁判官 is 準備するing to 宣告，判決 Zafar, who pleaded 有罪の in a multimillion-dollar scam 伴う／関わるing the three former Miami Heat players and the team itself. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, とじ込み／提出する)
