Two Ohio brothers who posed as Middle Eastern royalty were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in a series of fraud schemes totaling roughly $21 million, which prosecutors say were carried out with the help of a former East Cleveland mayoral aide. Zubair and Muzzammil Al Zubair, roughly 42 and 31, were sentenced to 24 and 23 years in prison, respectively,  according  to local outlet Cleveland.  “You stole a lot of money, defrauded people and put East Cleveland in a terrible light,” US District Judge Donald Nugent said, referring to the brothers. “You basically flaunted it by driving around in a Rolls Royce and taking private planes.” The mayoral chief of staff the pair bribed, 56-year-old Michael Smedley, was also sentenced to just over eight years behind bars for providing the brothers with the cover they needed to carry out their schemes between 2020 and 2023, according to the outlet.…