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Afghan-born man charged with Ponzi scheme

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KABUL (Pajhwok): An Afghan-born man was arrested on Wednesday in Los Angeles on federal charges of defrauding investors out of $15 million through a Ponzi scheme targeting an Afghan bank and others.

Naim Ismail, 60, was presented in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday, and will come to New York to face the charges, according to the office of Acting US Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan, which is prosecuting the case.

Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and . . .

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