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Ex-Ecuador president jailed over $74M Chinese bribe
An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former President Lenin Moreno to five years in prison after convicting him of accepting bribes from a Chinese company responsible for building the country's largest hydroelectric dam, the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam. Prosecutors stated that the Chinese company "Cenohidro" paid bribes amounting to approximately $74 million, around 4% of the project's total cost, leading prosecutors to request a sentence of six and a half years. Moreno, who is also facing other charges and has announced his intention to appeal the verdict, insisted that he did not receive any money from the company and blamed the former president, Rafael Correa, alleging that the charges are revenge against him. In addition to Moreno, two former managers of the power plant were also convicted.
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