UAE sentences ex-lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi to three years in prison
by Associated Press in Dubai from on (#61GG1)
US citizen Asim Ghafoor detained in Dubai and convicted two days later of money laundering and tax evasion
The United Arab Emirates has sentenced the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi - the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in 2018 - to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion.
The Abu Dhabi money laundering court also ordered Asim Ghafoor, a US citizen, to pay a fine of more than $800,000 (675,000) stemming from his in absentia conviction, the UAE's state-run WAM news agency reported.
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