Imelda Marcos, 97, Cleared Again On Seven Swiss Foundation Graft Counts
The Philippine Supreme Court's First Division voided Marcos's 2018 conviction, ruling prosecutors never authenticated the Swiss bank records at trial.
- Justice Rodil Zalameda's ruling, dated June 10, reached the public only on September 9.
- Sandiganbayan had sentenced her in 2018 to six to eleven years on each of seven counts.
- The charges traced to 1991 complaints that Marcos family foundations hid government money in Switzerland.
Why it matters: Thirty-five years between the complaint and the verdict is itself the sentence no court ever hands down.
Supreme Court of the Philippines, First Division decision, G.R. No. 243402-08, People v. Imelda Romualdez Marcos ↗ · Sep 15, 20269/15/26