Ex-Adams aide Mohamed Bahi sentenced to 3 years probation in straw donor scheme

Former City Hall aide Mohamed Bahi was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation for helping funnel bogus donations into Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign coffers.

In handing down the sentence, Judge Dale Ho said during a hearing in Manhattan Federal Court that the “elephant in the room” was the fact that President Trump’s administration earlier this year tossed Adams’ corruption indictment, which charged the mayor with participating in the same straw donor schemes.

“It is hard to escape the impression that Mr. Bahi is left here holding the bag,” said Ho, who ordered that Bahi must serve one of the three years of probation in home confinement.

In August, Bahi pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy for helping to organize a fundraiser in December 2020 during which employees of the United Elite Group, a Manhattan real estate firm, contributed $10,000 in bogus donations to Adams’ mayoral campaign.



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