«التجارة» تُشهر بمواطن ومقيم ارتكبا جريمة التستر في قطاع الإيواء السياحي

The Ministry of Commerce has publicly named a Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident after a court ruling convicted them of committing a concealment crime in the tourism accommodation sector in the city of Abha.

The citizen was found to be involved in concealing the resident's activities of renting out housing units for his own account without obtaining a foreign investment license, in addition to the lack of supervision and dependency from the establishment owner, thus violating the Anti-Concealment Law.

The ministry published the text of the final court ruling upheld by the Court of Appeal in the Asir region, which included imposing a financial penalty of 40,000 riyals to be shared equally between them, and publishing the penalty decision at the expense of the violators.

It is worth noting that the Anti-Concealment Law includes penalties that result from committing the concealment crime, which consist of dissolving the establishment involved in the crime, canceling the commercial registration, revoking the license, preventing the concealer from engaging in the activity related to the crime and commercial activity for five years, and deporting the concealed individual from the Kingdom and prohibiting their return to work.

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 court rulings are issued against those involved.