AC Milan president and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has received a four- year prison sentence for his part in a tax fraud scandal.
The 76-year-old, along with 10 others, was on trial after it was alleged the defendants were involved in a scheme to purchase American films on television through an off-shore company. It was also alleged that Berlusconi had relicensed the films, and pocketed the difference, making the Milan supremo some €250million.
Berlusconi has been involved in a number of legal procedures to do with his business ventures, but has either been cleared, or thecases have been dropped due to a time constraints. However, this time, he has been found guilty and will spend the next four years behind bars, but his legal team is widely expected to appeal the verdict.
Berlusconi served as Prime Minister of the country between 1994 and 1995, 2001 and 2006, and 2008 and 2011, but recently announced that he was not going to run for a fourth spell.