Head of the IMF is facing trial and the prison sentence
12-12-2016
12:48 PM

East News -
Christine Lagarde will be on vacation from work in resolving the global financial crisis to appear in court Monday on charges of negligence after the French state delivered $ 425 million to close the pole acts of the president in 2008.

Denies that the World Bank director in high esteem any wrongdoing in the case, which dates back to the time of their work in the government when he was Minister of Economy and Finance.

The trial is scheduled to continue until December 20. And facing Lagarde, 60 years old, in prison for one year and a fine of 15 thousand euros if found guilty of negligence.

The judges are expected to defer judgment after the last session, but they can also advertise for the rule at a later date.

Lagarde trial and the possibility of condemnation may increase fears of their ability to stay on top of the International Monetary Fund. The credibility of the organization, based in Washington, has already shaken when forced her predecessor, Dominique Strauss - Kan, who is also French, to resign over allegations of sexual assault in 2011.

Even now supports the Board of the International Monetary Fund Lagarde at all stages of the French legal proceedings, which began in next month , for being selected in July 2011.

And prosecutes Lagarde, the first woman to hold the Ministry of Finance in the Group of Eight nations, and the first woman to hold the post of director of the International Monetary Fund, for its role in the award issued in 2008 handed over 403 million euros ($ 425 million) to businessman Bernard Taipei, who was an ally of President then Nicolas Sarkozy.
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