Expat to face fine, jail term and deportation in money laundering case

Muscat : An expat has been fined more than OMR 51,000, imprisoned for 10 years and will be deported from the Sultanate of Oman for money laundering, State Audit Institution (SAI) said.

According to the  annual report issued by the State Audit Institution (SAI), a director of the Marketing and Sales Department at a government  company requested and accepted a benefit to perform one of his job duties. Accordingly the accused was convicted of the felony of money laundering and misdemeanor of obtaining a benefit, using and profiting from his position, breaching one of his duties and realizing an advantage for himself.

The accused was further convicted of a misdemeanor of violating Foreigners Residency Law, and was sentenced with the most severe punishment for money laundering to ten- year imprisonment, a fine of OMR 51,700 and confiscation of funds subject of the crime and any funds owned by the accused equal to the value of the money subject of the crime, as well as removal from office and permanent deportation from the country after completing the execution of the punishment.