A Norwegian man who admitted tricking* an investor out of US$1 million in a fake deal to promote Justin Bieber in Scandinavia was sentenced to 11 years in jail, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.

    Wahleed Ahmed was also ordered to repay the US$1 million, said the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles and the FBI.

    Ahmed presented himself as a successful entrepreneur from Norway who had invented solar-powered phone covers, and he promised the victim would make US$9 million in profit in three months.

    The 22-year-old used photos of famous dignitaries including the Crown Prince of Norway, Queen Rania of Jordan and others, and claimed to have multimillion-dollar contracts with large telecoms firms, to lend credibility to his scheme.

    In August 2012, Ahmed convinced the victim to invest US$1 million to secure concert venues for the Justin Bieber Tour, using fake documents and websites he had bought with domain names* suggesting they were part of the scheme.(SD-Agencies)