Al-Marsad Newspaper: An official source in the Public Prosecution stated that the investigations of the Economic Crimes Prosecution ended up charging two expatriates (of Arab nationalities) with money laundering.
Investigation procedures revealed that the defendants collected large amounts of money, knowing that they resulted from crimes and violations of a number of regulations, for the purpose of handing them over to other people and smuggling them outside the Kingdom, and enabling the main perpetrator to escape punishment.
They were arrested, and a public criminal case was filed against them, and evidence of their accusation was presented, and the judicial ruling was issued containing their conviction of what was attributed to them, and sentencing them to imprisonment for periods amounting to (6) years, and financial fines amounting to (200,000) riyals, and the confiscation of the cash seized with them amounting to more than ( 3,350,000) riyals (three million, three hundred and fifty thousand riyals) and other foreign cash amounts, confiscating the proceeds of the crime and its proceeds, deporting the two accused from the country after the end of their sentences, and not allowing them to enter the Kingdom again.
The source emphasized the protection of the monetary process from felony, and that behaviors involving violations and crimes that would harm the economic interest of the Kingdom necessitate strict criminal accountability.
