Among those acquitted on Friday were the firm’s founders, Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca, the latter of whom died in May in a Panamanian hospital.
During the trial, which was held in the Central American country’s capital in April, the prosecution asked for 12 years in prison for the duo, the maximum sentence for money laundering.
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