Hezbollah funder let out of prison early

BEIRUT: A Lebanese businessman serving a five-year sentence in the US for providing millions of dollars to the militant Hezbollah group arrived yesterday in Beirut after his early release.

Kassim Tajideen was sentenced last year in a federal court in Washington for his role in a money laundering conspiracy aimed at evading US sanctions. He was arrested in Morocco and extradited to the US in 2017. Tajideen, 64, was released early for health reasons.

He pleaded guilty last year and had to forfeit $50 million (R850m) in transactions with US businesses.