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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area businessman and political fundraiser who obstructed a federal probe into donations to former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and falsified records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S. government officials was refused his bid Monday to stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction.

Imaad Zuberi, 50, of Arcadia, must surrender to the U.S.

Marshals Service in Los Angeles before noon on June 18 to begin his year sentence as planned, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips said.

In November , Zuberi pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by making false statements on a FARA filing, tax evasion, and making illegal campaign contributions. In June, Zuberi pleaded guilty in a separate case to one count of obstruction of justice.

His sentence pertains to both cases.

At his sentencing hearing in February, Zuberi was also ordered to pay nearly $16 million in restitution a