Abdulmalik Ado-Ibrahim will face additional felony charges for allegedly scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from the father of a NASCAR Busch Series driver. Ado-Ibrahim is accused of scamming Robert Richardson Sr., of McKinney, the father of NASCAR driver Robert Richardson Jr. According to a bond reduction motion filed by Ado-Ibrahims attorney Charles Woods of Dallas, he claims that Richardson Sr. entered into a contract with Maverick Motorsports, Ado-Ibrahims company, for race promotions. The motion doesnt list a date when the two entered into the contract or the services the company promised to provide, but notes that Richardson Sr.s son, who currently races for Jay Robinson Racing, wanted to be a race car driver and competed in several sanctioned NASCAR events. The two eventually engaged in a civil lawsuit, which resulted in drafted settlement agreements that broke down in late 2005 and led Richardson Sr. to file a criminal complaint with the DAs office.(McKinney Courier-Gazette)(12-14-2007)
UPDATE: A man accused of scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from the father of a NASCAR driver will have his day in court Monday. The trial of Adulmalik Ado-Ibrahim is scheduled to begin Monday in 380th Judicial District Court before Collin County District Judge Charles Sandoval, according to Collin County court records. Ado-Ibrahim will be tried on a first-degree felony charge of theft over $200,000 and a second-degree felony charge of securing execution of a document by deception. He also has two additional second-degree felony counts of securing execution of a document by deception and seven third-degree felony counts of aggravated perjury, which he allegedly committed in court proceedings leading up to Mondays criminal trial and a related civil trial. The Collin County District Attorneys Offices Special Crimes Unit alleged Ado-Ibrahim stole about $625,000 from Robert G. Richardson Sr., of McKinney, father of Busch Series driver Robert Richardson Jr., by promising the money would be deposited into a Bank of America trust account that did not exist. They also allege he stole $125,000 of the $625,000 from Richardson Sr. through four checks worth $31,250 each that he made out to Maverick Motorsports, Ado-Ibrahims company, according to the indictments.(McKinney Courier-Gazette)(1-11-2008)
UPDATE: A man accused of scamming the father of a NASCAR Busch Series driver out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was acquitted on Thursday. A jury of four men and eight women took approximately 8-1/2 hours to reach not-guilty verdicts for Malik Ibrahim on three felony counts of securing execution of a document by deception and one felony count of theft. Ibrahim still faces seven third-degree felony counts of aggravated perjury. The SCU claims he made ‘inconsistent statements’ in regards to whether he purchased plane tickets to Malaysia, owned a brokerage account, placed $200,000 in an offshore account and received a master’s degree from the University of Southern California in several pre-trial hearings for his criminal trial, according to grand jury indictments.(McKinney Courier-Gazette(1-17-2008)
