Convicted felon and entrepreneur
Omar Sharif Amanat is an American entrepreneur , film producer, and investor in media, technology and hospitality companies.[ 4] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] He was convicted in December 2017 of conspiracy in a scheme involving KIT Digital .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] and sentenced to 5 years after "a striking fall from power".[ 11]
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^ "Hall of Fame / Welcome" . montville.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016 . 2005 Omar Amanat
^ a b "The Global Battle for the World's Most Exclusive Hotel Chain" . fortune.com. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2016 .
^ "New York entrepreneur Amanat indicted for fraud scheme" . Reuters . 13 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017 .
^ Perman, Stacy. "The Mystery Behind Wall Street's Wildest Party" . Fortune . Retrieved 16 July 2017 .
^ "New Arrest in Fraud Probe of Bankrupt Video Tech Firm" . Fortune . Reuters. Retrieved 16 July 2017 . ...and Omar Amanat, an investor in media, finance and technology companies who is Irfan Amanat's brother.
^ "Ex-KIT CEO, Socialite Convicted at Fraud Trial" . Bloomberg. 26 December 2017.
^ "Tech Entrepreneurs Convicted of Fraud" . The Wall Street Journal . 29 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017 .
^ Benjamin Brown (29 December 2017). "Huma Abedin's cousin convicted in fraud case involving fake emails" . Fox News . Retrieved 30 December 2017 .
^ Zoë Bernard (30 December 2017). "Lawsuits, lies, and Colombian prisons: The downfall of two wildly successful tech entrepreneurs" . Business Insider . Retrieved 4 January 2018 .