Judge says Khodorkovsky guilty of money laundering

MOSCOW, Dec. 27 | Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:00am EST

MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (Reuters) - A Russian judge on Monday found jailed ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of laundering stolen oil funds, a key charge in the second trial against the former head of oil major Yukos. Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, and his business partner Platon Lebedev were also pronouced guilty of stealing oil from the now defunct Yukos.

(Reporting by Alexei Anishchuk and Maria Tsvetkova; writing by Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Steve Gutterman)

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