Former Berlusconi aide Denis
Verdini was sentenced Thursday to nine years in jail for his
part in the bankruptcy of the Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino
(CCF) bank. Prosecutors had asked 11 years for Verdini, who now
leads an independent centre-right group, ALA, which backs the
Democratic Party-led government. Verdini has also been named by
the media, but is not under investigation, in a probe into graft
at the civil service procurement agency CONSIP.
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