MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 5th Division on Friday convicted former First Lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos of 7 counts of graft for using her Cabinet position to maintain Swiss bank accounts during the regime of her late husband, dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Read the court's full 70-page ruling, which sentences Marcos to imprisonment of 6 years and 1 month to 11 years for each of the 7 counts, with perpetual disqualification from public office.
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