KABUL (Pajhwok): Former Head of the Independent Election Commission Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani has been pleaded guilty in US federal court to Theft of Public Money, admitting that he received over $100,000 in government benefits by concealing foreign travel and residency between July 2015 and December 2018, a statement from the US Justice Department said on Sunday.
During a hearing before US Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford, Nuristani admitted that he applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration in July 2015. Nuristani acknowledged that . . .
