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French ex-prime minister Fillon, wife found guilty of fraud

by Associated Press
| June 29, 2020 6:27 AM

PARIS (AP) — Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon was found guilty Monday in a fraud case of having used public funds to pay his wife and children more than 1 million euros ($1.13 million) since 1998 for work they never performed.

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