Six Years In Prison For Stealing Over One Billion Dollars?
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the former president of Argentina and current vice president, was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding political office on Tuesday. The ruling comes after a federal court found her guilty of corruption in a case dating back to when she was president. Prosecutors allege that Kirchner and her associates embezzled nearly $1 billion from fake contracts and bogus construction of 51 public works projects. Kirchner …