Feds fear Pakistan won't extradite ex-Emanuel aide Amer Ahmad

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel's former city comptroller has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme, but now there are doubts Amer Ahmad will ever serve the sentence, the ABC7 I-Team is reporting.

When the judge sentenced ex-Chicago city comptroller Amer Ahmad to 15 years, he called Ahmad a "narcissist with mental problems." There is another name that Ahmad may not be called any time soon: federal prisoner. While on bond last spring, Mayor Emanuel's one-time financial whiz fled the country and is now in his homeland of Pakistan, which has a bleak history of extraditing criminals.

Ahmad is a Harvard graduate and was deputy treasurer for the state of Ohio in 2010, when he, a Chicago businessman, and several associates brewed-up a plan to steal millions from state contract deals.

Ahmad was hired in Chicago after he ran the lucrative kickback scheme in Ohio, and in Chicago, he became one of Mayor Emanuel's most trusted confidantes and the mayor's financial right-hand-man.

"The head of Key Bank, the head of the treasurer's office in Ohio, gave him a clean bill of health and a thumbs up. This is for, and I want to repeat, for his time in Ohio. We're going to do our own work and make sure nothing happened in Chicago that violated the taxpayers' trust," Emanuel said.

The mayor claimed his investigation found no wrongdoing by Ahmad in Chicago, but the former city comptroller had enough to handle in Ohio.

After pleading guilty to bribery, fraud and money laundering, in April, Ahmad snuck out of the country through Mexico and onward to Pakistan.

He was arrested by Pakistani border agents when it was determined he had false immigration documents. Ahmad is currently jailed there, but held on customs and immigration violations - not for the U.S. crimes or to serve the 15 year sentence handed down on Monday.

According to federal prosecutors, there is "no assurance Pakistani authorities will extradite" him, despite a formal request. They are crimes that Ohio sentencing judge Michael Watson says cut to the core of the values of government.

Case prosecutor Doug Squires Tuesday night says there is something else on Ahmad's side if he wants to remain in Pakistan history: the last time Pakistan extradited anyone to the U.S. was 2006, and that was 11 years after the request was made.

By all appearances Amer Ahmad had been living an affluent, successful life. He was a beautiful family including three young children. When he blew his bond and left for Pakistan, he left them behind. His wife has removed most traces of their previous life from her social media accounts.