BREAKING: Public employee sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzlement in Oman

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.

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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.