Palestinian activist convicted of immigration fraud in Detroit


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Palestinian activist was found guilty on Monday of immigration fraud for failing to reveal to U.S. authorities that she had been convicted and served time in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people.

After a trial last week in a federal court in Detroit, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, was convicted of unlawful procurement of naturalization, court officials said.

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