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.

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.