Newsday.com: Charity official gets prison time despite helping authorities: "Charity official gets prison time despite helping authorities
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By WILLIAM KATES
Associated Press Writer
October 18, 2005, 3:20 PM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Jordanian man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for his role as the executive director of an unregistered charity that sent money to Iraq in violation of U.S. sanctions.
Federal sentencing guidelines called for Ayman Jarwan to receive up to nearly four years in prison, but U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue imposed a less severe sentence because Jarwan cooperated with federal authorities investigating Dr. Rafil Dhafir, the founder of the Help The Needy charity. "
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