Collor Aide Gets 7 Years in Brazil
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RIO DE JANEIRO — A day after clearing former President Fernando Collor de Mello of corruption, the Supreme Court threw the book at his top aide.
The court voted unanimously late Tuesday to convict Paulo Cesar Farias, the high-living treasurer of Collor’s 1989 presidential campaign, of falsifying official documents. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 21,000 reals, or about $25,000.
The eight judges also convicted three Farias employees of the same charge, handing down prison terms ranging from 14 to 28 months. Two other employees were acquitted, and Collor’s personal secretary, Claudio Vieira, was cleared of charges of corruption and obstruction of justice.
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