France’s Cour de Justice de la Republique found Lagarde guilty over her failure to challenge a fraudulent €403 million (US$ 418 million) settlement to businessman Bernard Tapie in a dispute with the French government, according to media reports.
The court declined to punish Lagarde or give her a criminal record.
Following the verdict, the executive board of the IMF was quick to express its full confidence in Lagarde in a press release, hailing her “outstanding leadership.”
Lagarde told press at the IMF’s headquarters that she would not appeal the court’s decision.
“I have been held negligent, but without penalty, without sanction, without registration of the decision,” she told reporters.
“I am not satisfied with it, but there’s a point in time when one has to just stop turn the page and move on and continue to work with those who have put their trust in me.”
