سجن وتغريم 6 أشخاص بعد تورطهم في جريمة تستر تجاري بالقصيم

The Ministry of Commerce has publicly named two citizens and four residents of Yemeni and Palestinian nationalities for their involvement in a commercial concealment crime in the contracting, medical devices, and tobacco products sectors in the Qassim region. A final judicial ruling has been issued against the six convicted individuals, upheld by the Qassim Court of Appeal, condemning them for committing the concealment crime.

It was established that the citizens enabled the four expatriates to engage in commercial activities on their own behalf without a foreign investment license and granted them complete control over a company and four affiliated establishments. It was also confirmed that their financial transactions increased disproportionately to their monthly income and profession as "sales representatives," and they transferred the proceeds from their illegal activities outside the Kingdom.

The ministry published the judicial ruling, which includes the confiscation of the proceeds from the concealment crime amounting to (239,292,602.25) riyals and (26) vehicles, a two-year prison sentence for both the second concealer and those concealed, and a financial penalty of (350,000) riyals on the convicted individuals, along with the publication of a summary of the ruling at the expense of the convicted.

The penalties associated with the concealment crime included: closure of the establishments, liquidation of their activities, cancellation of licenses, cancellation of commercial registrations, collection of zakat, fees, and taxes, deportation of those concealed, and prohibition of their return to work.

It is worth noting that the Anti-Concealment Law stipulates penalties of imprisonment for up to five years, financial fines of up to five million riyals, and the seizure and confiscation of illegal funds after final judicial rulings are issued against those involved.