Former German arms-industry lobbyist with ties to Kohl administration convicted
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A former arms-industry lobbyist involved in a corruption scandal linked to former Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.
The dpa news agency reported Thursday that Karlheinz Schreiber was found guilty in Augsburg state court.
Schreiber, a Canadian-German dual national, was arrested in Canada in 1999 and extradited to Germany where he was convicted in 2010 but won a retrial on appeal.
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Prosecutors say he didn't declare money he received as kickbacks for the sale of helicopters to Canada's coast guard, tanks to Saudi Arabia and other arms deals.
Allegations the 79-year-old gave a cash donation to the former treasurer of Kohl's party triggered a scandal that deepened with Kohl's 1999 admission he accepted off-the-book donations himself.