EX-PRESIDENT FOUND GUILTY OF EMBEZZLING PUBLIC FUNDS OVER PARIS FAKE CITY JOBS SCAM FORMER president Jacques Chirac, 79, has been sentenced to a two-year suspended jail term after being

found guilty of embezzling public funds, abusing public confidence and a conflict of interest. The charges dated back to when he was Paris mayor at the start of the 1990s. He had used city

funds to pay for non-existent jobs for members of his RPR party and supporters. Several members of Chirac's staff have already been found guilty in connection with the case, including

present-day Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. He was given a 14-month suspended sentence in 2004. Chirac - who did not take part in the trial in Paris after doctors said he was suffering from