Ex-minister Cahuzac gets two years for tax fraud - but escapes jail

May 15, 2018 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Judges cut Jérôme Cahuzac's sentence from three years to two, and such jail time is usually reduced in France to community service.

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A French appeals court on Tuesday upheld a tax fraud conviction against former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, whose hidden overseas accounts became one of the most embarrassing episodes of François Hollande's Socialist presidency.

Ex-minister Cahuzac gets two years for tax fraud - but escapes jail

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