<p>Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 8 (ANI): Former Vice President of Argentina Amado Boudou was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison by a court on charges of bribery and conducting business incompatible with public office.</p><p>The court also banned the 55-year-old for life from elective office, reported the Washington Post. He has also been fined with USD 3,200.</p><p>Boudou, however, denied all the allegation levelled on him and termed the charges levelled against him to be politically motivated.</p><p>He was accused of using shell companies to gain control of a company that had the contract to print Argentine currency. He involved in the corruption during his tenure as an economy minister under then President Cristina Fernandez administration.</p><p>The investigation against him was launched in 2012 following reports in the local press. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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