Argentine VP Cristina Fernandez guilty, 6 years for fraud

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to 6 years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency.

A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud, but rejected a charge of running a criminal organization, for which the sentence could have been 12 years in prison. It’s the first time an Argentine vice president has been convicted of a crime while in office.

The sentence isn’t firm until appeals are decided, a process that could take years. She’ll remains immune from arrest meanwhile, as long as she can keep getting elected.

Speaking after the verdict, she described herself as the victim of a “judicial mafia.”

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By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA
48 minutes ago


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-south-america-buenos-aires-argentina-17d4361a9d612a5a39fce125d8cbb20c

[Grimelle]

1. Hey U.S of A

see how easy and quick that is.
Lock up TFG already!

[iluvtennis]

2. Yeah.

[NYC Liberal]

3. Not that quick. She left office 7 years ago.