The State Security Criminal Court has sentenced several Kuwaiti citizens and expatriates to 10 years’ imprisonment and imposed fines exceeding 422 million dinars in separate money laundering cases involving individuals and commercial entities.

The court, headed by Counselor Nasser Al-Badr with Counselors Omar Al-Mulaifi, Abdullah Al-Faleh and Salem Al-Zayed, convicted a number of accused of laundering illicit funds through commercial companies and businesses.

In the main case, the court sentenced several accused to 10 years in prison and imposed fines totaling 281.881 million dinars.

It also fined companies and commercial entities 140.940 million dinars after finding them guilty of involvement in money laundering activities.

According to the verdict, the accused collected large sums of cash, deposited them into the accounts of companies, restaurants, taxi businesses and an exchange company, before transferring part of the funds outside Kuwait in an effort to conceal their origin.

The court acquitted the remaining defendants in the case.

In a separate case, the court sentenced one Kuwaiti citizen and two expatriates to 10 years’ imprisonment and imposed fines totaling 22.362 million dinars on them and the commercial companies involved after convicting them of laundering approximately 7 million dinars through an alternative money transfer scheme.

The remaining defendants in the second case were acquitted.

The rulings are among the most significant issued by the State Security Criminal Court in recent money laundering cases, reflecting Kuwait’s continued efforts to combat financial crimes and strengthen enforcement against illicit financial activities.