Today in Hyderabad, Satyam scam kingpin B Ramalinga Raju and his brother B Rama Raju were sentenced to seven years rigorous jail and fined a whopping Rs 5.5 crore after they were convicted by a special court in the Rs 7000 crore accounting fraud that shook the corporate world six years before. Eight others, including former Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas, former Price Waterhouse auditors Subramani Gopalakrishnan and T Srinivas, were also sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined varying amounts up to Rs 25 lakh by Special Judge B V L N Chakravarthi.
