By Alek Buttermann Argentine judicial authorities are scrambling to recover an estimated $500mn lost to the state in what prosecutors describe as a “colossal” fraud scheme led by former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during her 2007–2015 tenure.

An Argentine judge on Tuesday approved a request from former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to serve out her six-year prison sentence for corruption at home. Kirchner, 72, a polarizing leftist figure who was president from 2007 to 2015,

Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld a six-year prison sentence against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the polarizing former president and one of the country’s most influential politicians, barring her from public office for life.