PARAMUS — A Paramus man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in delivering an illegal $80,000 donation to President Obama's 2012 re-election effort, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman said.
Bilal Shehu, 48, received the money in September 2012 from a "foreign source" and delivered it to a joint fundraising committee -- one that included Obama's campaign committee -- in an attempt to disguise the source of the money. Foreigners are prohibited by law from making donations to federal candidates or fundraising committees.
The donation was made in order to allow a foreign national to attend a San Francisco campaign event in October 2012. That person flew to the event with Shehu and was not allowed into the event but did have his picture taken with the president, authorities said.
No one on the fundraising committee has been accused of wrongdoing and the committee cooperated with the investigation.
Shehu is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
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