
Former MP and Differdange Mayor Roberto Traversini has been found guilty, with the court handing down a three-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of €10,000. In addition, he has been banned from holding public office for five years.
Traversini was prosecuted for illegal interest-taking, embezzlement of public funds, and forgery. The public prosecutor had requested a four-year suspended prison sentence, as well as a fine and a ban on holding public office.
The judgment is not yet final. Roberto Traversini has 40 days to lodge an appeal.