London ? A British court found Zambia’s first democratically elected president guilty of stealing $46 million in government funds Friday and ordered him to repay the entire sum.

Frederick Chiluba, president of the impoverished southern African nation from 1991-2001, took the funds from state coffers with the help of top aides and two British law firms, High Court Justice Peter Smith said.

The judge pointed out that while the former president had officially earned a total salary of just $105,000 over his 10 years in office, he had managed to pay an exclusive tailor’s shop in Geneva $1.2 million. All of that money, Smith said, had been stolen.