A federal court in New York has sentenced Mozambique’s former finance minister to another two-and-a-half years behind bars for his role in the “tuna bond” corruption scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the African nation.

Manuel Chang will spend eight and a half years in prison for taking about $7 million in bribes and kickbacks in a loan scandal that sent the country’s economy into a crisis.

A former Mozambique finance minister was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison by a US judge for his role in a $2 billion bond fraud that ensnared Credit Suisse Group AG and triggered a financial crisis for the African nation.

A U.S. federal judge said Manuel Chang betrayed his country in one of the biggest debt-corruption scandals in Africa.

Manuel Chang, former Mozambican finance minister, has been sentenced to 8-1/2 years for his involvement in a $2 billion loan fraud. The scheme, linked to the 'tuna bonds' case, led to massive financial losses and turmoil.

Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Friday in connection with a graft scandal that sparked an economic crisis in his home country.