Bomb plotter's dad pleads guilty to fraud

The father of New York City subway bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to visa fraud Friday in Brooklyn federal court for lying to help a nephew get into the United States five years ago.

Mohammed Wali Zazi, 56, a former city taxi driver who now lives near Denver, was convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiracy earlier this year for orchestrating the destruction of some of his son's bomb-making materials. He was never accused in the plot itself.

Zazi, an Afghani who came to the United States from Pakistan in 1990 and is a citizen, admitted in court that he lied on immigration forms to help nephew Amanullah Zazi.

"Amanullah was not my biological son and I told my attorney to mark it as my real son," he told U.S. District Judge John Gleeson.

Zazi faces a maximum of 50 years in jail on the old and new charges. He will be sentenced on Dec. 2.