31. So far, two other parole officials have been convicted of lying to investigators. 32. Several Soviet officials have been convicted. 33. Several minor officials have been convicted. 34. Ten other former top Communist party officials were convicted last December of spending public money on themselves and sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to eight years. 35. The officials also were convicted in related cases. 36. The prosecutor also asked the court to convict two officials of the former Communist party and a top executive of the Fiat group. 37. The TVM officials were convicted of providing banned substance EPO to riders. 38. There have been four previous trials, in which health officials have been convicted. 39. Virenque was cleared last week in Lille, France, but the court convicted two officials from his Festina team. 40. While the case was dropped against Krenz and Schabowski, several other former East German officials have been convicted in the election fraud scandal. |