BCCI Figure Guilty
<i> Associated Press</i>
LONDON —
A Pakistani oil executive, Mohammed Abdul Baqi, 68, who helped BCCI falsify its balance sheets was convicted Friday of conspiracy, but he persuaded the judge he was a “broken man” who should not have to go to prison. He was ordered to pay fines and prosecution costs of $255,000.
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