Ethiopia’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced the
country’s former intelligence chief Woldeselassie Woldemichael to ten years
imprisonment and a fine of $2300 for abuse of office and
corruption. Woldeselassie was charged by the country’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission with abusing power and generating wealth from unknown sources.
He
was charged on 12 counts and found guilty on seven of them.
According
to the charges, the defendant used his position to have a book he had written
be sponsored by printers.
Additional
charges include unpaid tax on the profit he made from the book.
He
was also charged with using his power to get an Italian made ceramics worth
$3,095 from a businessman.
Woldeselassie
Woldemichael, a close confidante of the wife of Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi was arrested in 2013 after he was accused of siphoning off state
funds.
He
had always denied the charge.
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