Ecuador’s Ex-President Lenin Moreno Jailed for Five Years Over Hydropower Bribery Case

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of bribery linked to the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. Prosecutors alleged that Chinese state-owned firm Sinohydro paid about $76.1 million in bribes between 2009 and 2018 through fraudulent consulting contracts. Investigators said money was routed through overseas accounts and shell companies before reaching Moreno’s relatives and associates. Moreno, who was vice president from 2007 to 2013 and president from 2017 to 2021, denied wrongdoing. His wife, daughter, two brothers and their wives were also convicted, while China’s former ambassador to Quito received a five-year sentence.

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