A New York businesswoman was sentenced on Friday to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that ripped off more than US$30 million from foreign investors and funnelled some of the stolen money into US political campaigns, including a fundraiser for President Donald Trump.Sherry Xue Li was also ordered to forfeit US$31.5 million, as well as property at three locations, and to make restitution to her victims.The 54-year-old Oyster Bay resident, who has been detained since her...