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French former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac arrives at Paris courthouse for the verdict of his tax fraud trial on December 8, 2016. The 64- year- old former rising star in the French Socialist Party faces charges of tax evasion and money laundering as well as under- declaring the value of his fortune when he took up his post in 2012. Prosecutors have called for a three- year jail term and a two- year sentence for his co- defendant and ex- wife, dermatologist Patricia Menard The pair, who ran a hair transplant clinic with a client list featuring members of Paris' s high society, have already paid back taxes and penalties totalling some 2.5 million euros ($2.8 million). (Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP Photo)
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