The Criminal Court in Dubai sentenced an Indian businessman “BS” known as “Abu Sabah” and other accused of 5 years in prison, a fine of 500 thousand dirhams and deportation from the state, as well as the confiscation of 150 million dirhams obtained from the crimes committed, computers, phones and other holdings after being convicted of committing the crime of money laundering through an organized criminal group, and the case moved to the Court of Appeal to consider it during the litigation stage Subsequent.
The accusations against the accused included possession or hiding things obtained in circumstances bearing the belief in the illegitimacy of their source, as well as the main charge, which is to laundering money through an organized criminal group, and the sentences between five years imprisonment and a fine of 500 thousand dirhams and deportation of a number of accused, while others were punished with imprisonment for a year and a fine of 200 thousand dirhams.
Dubai Police, located to the Public Prosecution, was referred last December, which in turn referred to the Criminal Court, which began to be considered from January of this year, in which the preliminary ruling was issued yesterday.
The list of the defendants included the well -known businessman, in addition to individuals and legal personalities “companies”, accused of establishing and operating a money laundering network through fake companies and suspicious banking transfers, and they were seized after extensive investigations that included financial data and commercial partnerships with entities inside and outside the country.
Some of the defendants were condemned in absentia, and others attended before the court, while the rulings included legal figures that include 3 companies, each of which is fined 50 million dirhams, confiscating the money owned by the accused under the crime of 150 million dirhams, confiscating the seized leaves, phones and electronic devices and removing the defendants convicted of the state.
