The court found Fillon's wife guilty for her role in the scam that saw her receive about 1 million euros for minimal work as her husband's parliamentary assistant.
A French court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Francois Fillon to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for embezzling public funds in a scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president.
The court also found Fillon's wife, Penelope, guilty for her role in the scam that saw her receive about 1 million euros for minimal work as her husband's parliamentary assistant. She received a suspended three-year sentence.
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