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Sentencing was scheduled for March 1. The major count, racketeering, carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and forfeiture of all illgotten profits. A hearing will be held before a judge to determine how much money must be returned...
...Hasenfus' release depends on such an admission, the mercenary may find himself occupying a Nicaraguan prison cell for a long time. U.S. officials continue to deny any involvement in the private arms pipeline that sprang up in the two years after Congress cut off military aid to the rebels. Moreover, the Administration shows little sign of seeking accommodation with the Sandinistas. After intensive lobbying last spring, it persuaded Congress to resume direct aid to the contras. Two weeks ago the first planeloads of military supplies, bought with funds from a $100 million aid package, began flowing to the rebels...
...official held out some hope that the couple's ordeal would quickly end. "Christmas is a time for pardons. It is a tradition here," he said. "Leniency can and should be expected. Nicaragua is not out for revenge." Other officials were less generous. "He should get 30 years in prison," said Comandante Victor Tirado Lopez. Last week El Nuevo Diario, a progovernment newspaper, quoted an official as saying, "The possibility that Soldier of Fortune Eugene Hasenfus will be pardoned in the short term by the Sandinista government is practically...
...Sokolow, once with Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb and then with Shearson/American Express; and David Brown, formerly of Goldman, Sachs. The trio have given up a total of about $3.5 million in illegal profits and fines. Two weeks ago Sokolow was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on criminal insider- trading charges; the other three have pleaded guilty to similar charges and await sentencing...
...been kidnaped on British soil, insisted he had left the country "of his own volition." Said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir: "We did nothing that could be considered a violation of British law." If convicted of violating Israel's Official Secrets Act, Vanunu could be sentenced to 30 years in prison...