Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery

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Published September 10, 2021 4:29 AM

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer

GENEVA (AP) — Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait has been found guilty of forgery linked to implicating political rivals in Kuwait in a coup plot. Sheikh Ahmad, his English former lawyer and a Kuwaiti aide were convicted on forgery charges linked to orchestrating a sham arbitration case in Geneva. All five men denied wrongdoing during a six-day trial. The sheikh was sentenced to almost 14 months’ jail time with a further 15 months suspended in a case that has put much of his Olympic work on hold for almost three years. He promises to appeal the conviction.

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