A criminal court in Qatar sentenced former Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi to 20 years in prison for "laundering" over $5.6 billion, according to a document summarizing the ruling that included 15 individuals, among them three Lebanese. The document showed that the first-instance court ordered Al-Emadi to pay a fine exceeding 61 billion Qatari riyals ($16.7 billion), including 40.9 billion riyals, which is double the amount of the "laundered" funds, plus additional fines exceeding 21 billion riyals as reported by "Nidaa Al-Watan."
According to the document, the judges also convicted Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, a prominent member of the Qatari ruling family and brother of the former Qatari Prime Minister, of misusing public funds, sentencing him to six years in prison and imposing a fine of 825 million riyals. The Lebanese individuals, according to "Nidaa Al-Watan," are: Nabil Fares Karam, Françoise Samir Karam, and Fadi Fares Malouf. They received sentences of 7 and 9 years in prison with accumulated fines totaling approximately $5 billion.
