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Sept 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York sentenced the co-founder of the purported cryptocurrency OneCoin to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for what prosecutors called a $4 billion fraud.U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan sentenced Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a dual citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom, who pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in December 2022.Ramos also ordered Greenwood to forfeit $300 million.Greenwood has been detained in New York since his 2018 arrest in Thailand and extradition to the United States over...

The logo of the European Investment Bank is pictured in the city of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, March 25, 2017. Reuters/Eric Vidal/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Five candidates have come forward for the post of president of the huge European Investment Bank, Belgian Finance Minister Vincent van Peteghem said on Friday, the first of several top European Union jobs which member governments will haggle over in the next 12 months.The government-owned EIB calls itself the world's biggest multilateral financial institution by assets and will be a key player...