The Albanian-American, Bilal Shehu, the enabled to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama the participation in the meeting and a photo with the US President Barack Obama was sentenced to prison by a court in New Jersey.
Shehu admitted before the court several months ago that he had received a sum of 80 thousand dollars. He was sentenced to 1 year imprisonment, because the US laws prohibit foreign citizens to contribute to the presidential election campaign, Albanian media near to opposition writes.Bilal Shehu, the owner of a car-repair shop in New Jersey, enabled Edi Rama to attend a meeting where were present US President Barack Obama in October 2012, where Prime Minister took advantage of taking photos with Obama and distributed to media.