
The former patriarch of the Espirito Santo family of bankers, Ricardo Salgado, was sentenced to six years in jail by a Lisbon court on Monday for appropriating 10.7 million euros ($11.65 million) from defunct lender Grupo Espirito Santo (GES).
It is the first effective prison sentence for the former banker, who, since the collapse of GES and Banco Espirito Santo (BES) in 2014, is facing several court cases.