(Columbus Dispatch) A Gahanna man who previously ran a local Islamic center has been sentenced to prison for embezzling more than $80,000 from the center and others.
Ahmed A. Sh. Ahmed, 44, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. to four months in federal prison, followed by four months in a halfway house. Ahmed will then have to serve 12 months of home confinement.
Ahmed previously pled guilty in October in U.S. District Court in Columbus to federal charges of committing wire fraud, submitting a false statement and making a false statement. He had faced a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison on the wire fraud charges.
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