A man who flaunted private jets and luxury cars on Instagram gets 11 years in prison for money laundering and tax fraud.
An Instagram account that featured photos of jets and luxury cars has been linked to a man who received 11 years in prison for money laundering and tax fraud.
Khalif Omar, 22, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In an Instagram post last May, Omar boasted that he drove a Ferrari to the White House for President Obama.
He also posted a photograph of him in a gold Porsche with the caption, “Happy Fourth of July 4/4/11/20 #BondKing #AmanatestheHorse” in Arabic.
Omar is a dual citizen of the UAE and the United States.
In an Instagram post last May, Omar boasted that he drove a Ferrari to the White House for President Obama. He also posted a photograph of him in a gold Porsche with the caption, “Happy Fourth of July 4/4/11/20 #BondKing #AmanatestheHorse” in Arabic.
He is a dual citizen of the UAE and the United States.
He also posted pictures of himself with a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and a black Porsche Boxter on Instagram in August 2016, along with the caption “Happy #BlackPolarBearSunday #BlackPolarBearDay” and a picture of a gold Ferrari F430 in June 2015.
In one of his Instagram posts, he boasted that he made the “most expensive 4/4/11/20 #BondKing (sic) #AmanatestheHorse ever,” referring to his bond with the U.S. government and American taxpayers.
Omar bragged about buying a $40 million house on Martha’s Vineyard in August 2016, and about his job at the Manhattan branch of the United States Mint.
He described his job at the mint as his “dream job” and “unofficial role.”
“You have to earn it to keep it,” he wrote a month later.
In March 2016, he posted a picture of himself with