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Ex-French Prime Minister Fillon Sentenced to Four Years in Jail Over Fake Job Row, Report Says

Sputnik International

By Sofia Chegodaeva

May 9, 2022

In 2019, Francois Fillon, who served as France’s prime minister in 2007-2012, was charged with embezzlement of state funds over allegedly giving fictitious jobs to members of his family.
 
A French appeals court has upheld former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s conviction for setting his wife up with a job as a parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2013, a local TV channel reported.

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