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WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — A Polish court has convicted nine people, including two former activists of the governing Law and Justice party, of using donations to the regional Red Cross to fund an election campaign.

The court in the city of Wroclaw estimated the scam cost the Red Cross some 3 million zlotys ($660,000).

The court sentenced the former head of the Wroclaw regional Red Cross, identified only as Jerzy G., to three years and five months in prison. His deputy, Piotr B., received a sentence of two years and seven months.

Both were activists for Law and Justice, serving as a regional councilor and a lawmaker respectively.

They have also been ordered to refund the money and pay fines. Others received prison terms of between 12 and 18 months, two of them suspended terms.

The verdict is subject to appeal.

The court found them guilty of selling clothes and food donated to the Red …

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