Berlusconi Gets Four Years for Dodging Taxes

October 26, 2012 from CNN

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison on tax evasion charges linked to his media empire. Even if Berlusconi, 76, loses a planned appeal, it's unlikely he'll serve any time because court proceedings would run beyond the statute of limitations.

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