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Former Pharmaceutical Industry Minister Ali Aoun sentenced to five years in prison for corruption
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The specialized criminal court for financial and economic corruption cases at the Sidi M'Hamed tribunal has delivered its verdict in a case involving former Minister of Pharmaceutical Industry, Ali Aoun, and several co-defendants. Ali Aoun was sentenced to five years in prison and fined one million dinars, with immediate incarceration ordered. His son, Mehdi, received a six-year prison sentence and a fine of 200,000 dinars. Karim Boulaïoun, general director of the El Hadjar steel complex, and Noureddine Salhi, general director of the National Foundry Company, Fondal, were each sentenced to three years in prison and fined one million dinars. Businessman A.A, known as "Nounou Manita," was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined one million dinars. An economic operator, Ch.M, and the president of an equestrian club, K.A, each received five-year prison sentences and a one-million-dinar fine. An investor, B.S, was sentenced to ten years in prison. Conversely, former Madar group CEO Charaf-Eddine Amara was acquitted, along with several pharmaceutical company managers and a director of an automobile import company. The charges against the accused included alleged involvement in mismanagement and the conclusion of industrial and investment contracts in violation of regulations. The case specifically involved suspicious transactions related to the sale and purchase of ferrous waste and copper residues, as well as the granting of contracts contrary to legislation, impacting the publ
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