Ecuador ex-president bags five-year jail term over $76m bribery scandal

An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former President Lenin Moreno to five years in prison for accepting bribes linked to the construction of the country’s largest hydroelectric dam.

Ecuador's National Court of Justice convicted former president Lenín Moreno of bribery on 28 August 2026. The five-year sentence in the Sinohydro bribery case is a first-instance ruling.

Former Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno sentenced to five years in prison for bribery related to a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam. Read more on the case.

Lenin Moreno, 73, has also been permanently barred from holding any public office in the future.

QUITO, Aug 28 - An Ecuadorean court found former President Lenin Moreno guilty on Friday in a bribery case tied to the construction of the Andean country's largest hydroelectric plant, the public prosecutor's office said.

Ecuador finds ex-President Moreno guilty in hydro plant bribery case  Reuters