Isabelle Balkany reacts after being sentenced for money laundering tax fraud Isabelle Balkany, first deputy and wife of the mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, emerges defiant from a Paris court room despite being sentenced to four years in prison for money laundering tax fraud. She has since appealed the verdict. Husband Patrick Balkany is serving a four-year prison term for tax fraud since September. In his absence, he is also handed a five-year term for money laundering but cleared of corruption charges. SOUNDBITES