Former chief judge of top Indonesia court jailed for life
Julie DiMauro
July 3, 2014
Indonesia’s anti-corruption court sentenced Akil Mochtar, the former head of the Constitutional Court, to life in prison for bribery and money laundering on Monday.
He was found guilty of accepting $3.4 million in bribes to tamper with the results of at least 10 local elections while he served as head judge, and with laundering more than $15.2 million from 2002 until his arrest in October 2013, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reported, crediting ABC News. … Continue Reading