NEW YORK — A former campaign fundraiser for U.S. Rep Michael
Grimm has pleaded guilty in New York to an immigration fraud charge.
Israeli businessman Ofer Biton pleaded guilty in federal
court in Brooklyn Friday to lying about his finances when he applied in 2010
for a special visa available to foreigners who invest $500,000 or more in a
U.S. business.
A plea agreement calls for Biton to be sentenced to three
years of probation.
A lawyer for Biton had no comment.
The businessman was arrested last year amid an FBI
investigation into money donated to Grimm's campaign by followers of an Israeli
rabbi, Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto.
A spokeswoman for Grimm said the congressman had no
knowledge of any improper donations or any other illegal activity involving
Biton.
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