By partially overturning the Court of Appeal’s decision, the Dubai Court of Cassation closed the Abu Sabah case. This resulted in the confiscation of the money used in the crime and the cancellation of the Dhs150 million proportional fine imposed on Abu Sabah and the other defendants.
The remainder of the decision, in which the defendant was fined Dhs500,000 and sentenced to five years in prison with deportation, was affirmed by the court. The other defendants in the case were found guilty in one of the biggest money laundering cases seen by Dubai courts, and the court affirmed the jail sentences and penalties imposed on them.
After he and 32 other defendants were found guilty in a money laundering case, the Court of Appeal upheld the original decision to sentence Abu Sabah to five years in prison followed by deportation and fined him Dhs500,000. The Court of Appeal also increased the financial penalty imposed on Abu Sabah to Dhs150 million jointly with the other defendants.
According to the investigations, the defendants had set up an integrated money-laundering network that relied on questionable financial transfers both domestically and abroad as well as fictional businesses.
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