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The Kuwaiti Court of Appeal has upheld 10-year prison sentences against multiple defendants across two major money laundering cases involving unlicensed banking activities, forgery and illicit funds totalling KD602 million (BD732.3 million).
In the first case, the court confirmed decade-long prison terms for 21 defendants, including a Kuwaiti citizen, stateless persons, Yemenis, Syrians and an Egyptian, and ordered them to pay KD202m (BD246.6m) in fines on charges including forming an illegal group.
In the second case, the court upheld 10-year sentences against a Kuwaiti citizen and Egyptian defendants, imposing fines totalling KD199.5m (BD243.6m), while acquitting two co-defendants.
The convictions followed extensive investigations by the Kuwaiti General Department for Combating Terrorism and Money Laundering, conducted in cooperation with the Criminal Execution Investigations Department.
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