Court hands 10-year sentences to 21 in 101m dinars money laundering case
In a separate case, Kuwaiti gets five years, another to 10 years and yet another to three; in yet another verdict, two citizens were acquitted but each was fined 10,000 dinars
The State Security and Terrorism Crimes Court has sentenced 21 men to 10 years in prison in a major money laundering case involving 17 commercial companies.
The court imposed fines totaling 202 million dinars on the convicts, equivalent to twice the amount involved in the crime, and fined the companies 101 million dinars, representing the value of the laundered funds.
It also ordered the confiscation of forged documents and the deportation of non-Kuwaiti convicts after they complete their prison terms.
In separate state security cases, the court sentenced one Kuwaiti citizen to five years’ imprisonment, another accused to 10 years, and a third to three years.
The court also decided to withhold sentencing against a Kuwaiti citizen in a case related to expressing sympathy for a hostile state.
In yet another ruling, two citizens were acquitted but each was fined KD 10,000.
The cases involved charges including money laundering, joining the banned terrorist group ISIS, insulting the Amir, expressing sympathy for a hostile state, and inciting sectarian strife.
