Španjolac Rodrigo Rato, šef Međunarodnog monetarnog fonda (MMF) u periodu od 2004 – 2007. godine, nepravomoćno je osuđen na zatvorsku kaznu u trajanju od četiri i po godine.

Naime, prošlog četvrtka prvostepeni sud u Španiji izrekao je bivšem šefu MMF-a zatvorsku kaznu u trajanju od četiri i po godine zbog pronevjere sredstava banaka Caja Madrid i Bankia, kojima je upravljao u periodu od 2010. do 2012. godine.

Sud je proglasio Rodriga Rata krivim za zloupotrebu poslovnih kreditnih kartica banaka kojima je upravljao. Utvrđeno je da je poslovne kartice banaka koristio za plaćanje svojih ličnih troškova.

A Spanish national, Rodrigo Rato, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2004 to 2007, was sentenced by the first instance court to imprisonment in duration of four and a half years.

Last Thursday, the first instance Spain's National Court, sentenced a former IMF chief to four and a half years in prison for embezzling of funds from Caja Madrid and Bankia, two banks which he ran between 2010 and 2012.

Rodrigo Rato was found guilty by the court for misusing company credit cards of the banks managed by him. It was established that he used the company credit cards for the payment of his personal expenses.

Source: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)