Al-Marsad newspaper: The seizure of funds in excess of 300,000 riyals in the possession of a Bangladeshi resident in Riyadh, whose profession (refrigeration technician) led to the discovery of a crime of commercial cover-up in the vegetable sector.
Case details
The story began with the suspicion of the resident, and during the process of verifying the case, he found the aforementioned amounts hidden under his feet in his car, in addition to books of accounts for purchases.
The worker admitted that these funds resulted from the revenues of his wholesale trade in vegetables by buying them in the wholesale market in Aziziyah, south of Riyadh, and then shipping them for sale in the Eastern Province on a daily basis.
And it became clear that a Saudi citizen, the owner of a commercial establishment, enabled the resident and concealed it from him to practice an unlicensed commercial activity in his two establishments, the first (selling vegetables) and the second (selling plumbing and electrical tools).
It was also proven that the disguised person acted as the owner, collected activity revenues, worked for his own account, and transferred funds. Accordingly, the covert and covert person were referred to the Public Prosecution and then the judiciary in implementation of the anti-cover-up system.
Their sentence
The Criminal Court in Riyadh issued a ruling convicting them of committing the crime of cover-up, imposing a 5-month prison sentence on the concealed resident, deporting him from the Kingdom following implementing the sentence and not allowing him to return to work, and fining the convicts an amount of 80,000 riyals, and defaming them at their expense.
In addition to other ancillary penalties, namely: closing establishments, liquidating their activities, writing off commercial records, preventing the concealed one from engaging in commercial activity, and collecting zakat fees, fees and taxes.
