A once-wealthy businessman and prominent donor to Democratic candidates pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing hundreds of millions of dollars to buy property in Westchester County, donate to charity and give money to political campaigns.
"I am deeply ashamed of my conduct," the man, Hassan Nemazee, 60, told Judge Sidney H. Stein in Federal District Court in Manhattan. "I accept full responsibility for my actions."
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