High-Ranking Cardinal Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case.

Over the weekend, former high-ranking Cardinal Angelo Becciu was found guilty of Embezzlement and Fraud by a criminal court in the Vatican and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. According to a Reuters report, the trial centered on the purchase of a building in London formally by the department store Harrods for £350 million in 2013 through an Italian financier named Raffaele Mincione, while Becciu was the second highest ranking member of the Secretariat of state. According to a report by the CBC, Minicione was also found guilty of embezzling funds from the Vatican. In 2018, with Becciu in another position within the Vatican, the Secretariat attempted to turn to another financier, Gianluigi Torzi, who himself fleeced the Vatican out of millions and was also found guilty of fraud and embezzlement. Eventually, the Vatican took a £140 million loss on the entire investment. No one told Becciu that making a habit out of embezzlement is a bad idea.