The Federal High Court sentenced Yohannes Woldegebriel, former chief prosecutor of the Ethiopian Customs Authority (ECA), to three years and 1,000 Br in fines under corruption charges. The Court also handed a three-year sentence to his colleague, Workneh Bereded, and fined him 500 Br under the same file.
After the High Court First Criminal Bench heard the graft case brought forward by the Federal Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (FEACC) against the convicts for the past two years, the accused were sentenced last Wednesday.
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