Merge 104.8 | 26 July 2020
A public employee in Oman will serve 10 years in prison for embezzlement and money laundering, the Omani Public Prosecution announced today.
The Court of Appeal (Criminal Department) convicted the government employee with embezzlement.
As such, he will serve five years in jail and pay a fine of OMR1,204,245.
The former government officer was also convicted with money laundering charges, adding five more years to his sentence, in addition to a fine of OMR50,000 as well as his dismissal from his job, depriving him from holding public positions forever, and confiscating his seized funds.