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.
The sentence also carried a life ban from holding public
office.
Verdini's lawyers said he would appeal.
Prosecutors had asked 11 years for Verdini, who now leads an
independent centre-right group, ALA, which backs the Democratic
Party-led centre-left-centre-right government.
Verdini has also been named, but is not under investigation,
in a new probe into graft at the civil service procurement
agency CONSIP.
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