Facts
The appellant [X.] was convicted by the High Court of the Canton of Zug for qualified money laundering. The allegations concerned transactions with cheques totalling DM 4'241'455.-- from an investment fraud. [X.] had received the cheques as a lawyer and deposited them into accounts of [D. SA] , of which he was the director. The Federal Supreme Court had already remanded the case to the lower instance twice, most recently due to a violation of the right to be heard. In the third judgment, the High Court sentenced [X.] to a fine of 150 daily rates, of which 125 daily rates were suspended.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed [X.] 's appeal. It concluded that the lower instance had adequately taken into account the violation of the principle of expeditious proceedings by a significant reduction of the initial sentence of 15 months' imprisonment and 60 daily rates of a fine to a fine of 150 daily rates. Although the duration of the proceedings of 13 years was very long and close to the statute of limitations, the sentence remained within the discretion of the lower instance. The lower instance had assessed the appellant's culpability as…