Argentina's top court upholds guilty verdict for ex-President Kirchner in graft case

Buenos Aires: Argentina's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict that sentenced two-term former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in prison for defrauding the state and banned her from public office, local media reported.

Kirchner, 72, a polarizing figure and leftist who served as president from 2007 to 2015, was convicted by a trial court in 2022 for a fraud scheme that steered public road work projects in the Patagonia to a close ally while she was president.

Kirchner has denied wrongdoing and claims she is a victim of political persecution.