Tag: Judgement
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Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner handed six-year jail sentence for fraud
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled US$1 billion (or €955 million) through public works projects during her presidency. The verdict also outlined that Ms Fernandez de Kirchner would pay for the…