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Former media mogul Conrad Black leaving a U.S. court Monday. (Reuters)
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Ex-J'lem Post publisher Conrad Black gets 6.5 years in jail for fraud
By The Associated Press
Tags: Jerusalem, Conrad Black 

Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black, who among other things published the Jerusalem Post, was sentenced Monday to 6 and a half years in prison for swindling shareholders in his Hollinger International media empire out of millions of dollars.

Black, 63, a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords renowned for his lavish lifestyle and flamboyant way with words, had faced up to slightly more than 8 years in prison under sentencing guidelines determined earlier Monday by U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve.

Federal prosecutors previously asked St. Eve, who presided over Black's four-month trial earlier this year, to sentence the press lord to U.S. prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice.
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Asked if he wished to speak before sentencing, Black - who did not testify at the trial - professed profound regret and sadness at the severe hardship inflicted on all the shareholders after he left the company. But he did not apologize for any actions he took while heading Hollinger.

St. Eve ordered Black to report to prison in 12 weeks, though she did not immediately give a specific date, and said he could remain free on his $21 million bond in the meantime.

A major point of dispute among attorneys had been how to calculate the total loss to shareholders. Prosecutors put it at $32 million. But a pre-sentence report, prepared by the probation department, figured the loss at $6 million, which could have factored into the decision to keep Black's sentence at the low end of the guidelines
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  2.   Can`t wait for those who instinctively blame this on Israel/Jews. 23:29  |  bat yam 10/12/07
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  6.   To bat yam 01:05  |  Mark B. 11/12/07
  7.   Haaretz far worse for the Jews 01:55  |  paul almond 11/12/07
  8.   conrad black 03:34  |  fadi 11/12/07
  9.   7/ Haaretz is Great - Racists and Propgandists should rot in jail 04:08  |  1 state solution 11/12/07
  10.   A Right thinking man 04:09  |  Mark Lincoln 11/12/07
  11.   To Paul #7 04:30  |  Gordon 11/12/07
  12.   Poor Barbaara Amiel!! 10:53  |  Yaakov Sullivan 11/12/07
  13.   # 7 well it wasnt your money he ripped off 13:52  |  SJ 11/12/07
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