The Criminal Court Sunday acquitted an Asian man, identified only as Sabeer M. — who had been sentenced in absentia —for money-laundering citing lack of evidence.
Case papers indicate an employee of the Central Bank of Kuwait investigated the financial status of the man and discovered he worked as a driver for the embassy of a Gulf State in Kuwait for KD 108 monthly salary.
It was also discovered the man maintained two bank accounts — one at the Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and the other at the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). The man had deposited KD 80,000 at the KFH from January 2005 to September 2006. His deposit at the NBK was KD 160,000.
Police investigations revealed the man was trafficking in international communications. They also found that he had transferred the money out of Kuwait.
This means the man had opened the two accounts only as a ‘transit act’ before transferring it overseas. When police went to arrest the man they discovered he had left the country.
In its verdict, the court said according to Items No 1 and 2 of Law No 35 of 2002, a person can be convicted of money-laundering only if it is clear that the money used in money-laundering was obtained from a crime or in an illegal manner.
The court added according to case papers, there is no evidence to prove the man has committed the crime because no telecommunication equipment had been seized from him.
The session was presided by Judge Abdullah Al-Sane.
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