Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the previous head of the workplace of “miracles” that minted saints, was discovered responsible Saturday of three counts of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in jail, Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli report for the Washington Post. Becciu and 9 different Vatican officers embezzled 200 million euros from 2013 to 2014 tied to a foul Vatican funding in a tony London property that led to huge losses.
Becciu was additionally discovered responsible of illegally funneling 125,000 euros (about $136,400) to a Sardinian charity run by his brother and transferring 570,000 euros (about $622,000) to Cecilia Marogna, a Sardinian lady with a humanitarian group in Slovenia who, Becciu stated, was supposed to assist free a kidnapped nun. He was acquitted of costs of cash laundering, abuse of workplace and influencing a witness. Becciu was barred from holding any Vatican workplace and fined 8,000 euros (round $8,700). Eight of Becciu’s co-defendants — Vatican officers, Italian enterprise executives, consultants and brokers — had been discovered responsible of economic crimes or abuse of workplace. A ninth was acquitted of all costs. Becciu resigned as head of the Vatican division that leads the canonization course of and Pope Francis stripped him of his privileges as cardinal earlier than any discovering of guilt. The court docket ordered the responsible to pay the Vatican greater than $200 million in restitution. A lawyer for Becciu rejected the decision.
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