COLUMBUS, Ohio — The former director of a Columbus Islamic center pleaded guilty in court Thursday to embezzling funds from the mosque, defrauding public housing and filing for fraudulent COVID ...

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Authorities say that while Ahmed was director of the Ibn Taymiyah Masjid and Islamic Center from 2009 to 2019, he wrote unauthorized checks for himself adding up to nearly $50,000.