the fame Saudi Ministry of Commerce A resident of Syrian nationality, following a court ruling was issued convicting him of the crime of covering up in the practice of commercial activity in building materials, according to the Saudi Press Agency, “SPA”.
The details of the case relate to the arrest of the cover-up while he was transporting large quantities of marble stone on one of the main roads, as it became clear that he worked for his own account in importing marble stone for home facades, shipping it and transporting it to buyers in the regions of the Kingdom.
It was found that the volume of his financial transactions increased through the transfer of funds resulting from his unlicensed commercial activity outside Saudi Arabia.
Accordingly, he was referred to the Public Prosecution, and then to the judiciary, in implementation of the provisions of the anti-cover-up system.
The Criminal Court in Riyadh issued a judicial ruling imprisoning him for one year, imposing a fine of 100,000 riyals, and defaming him at his expense, in addition to the ancillary penalties prescribed by law, which are closing the facility, liquidating the activity, writing off the commercial register, prohibiting the practice of commercial activity, collecting zakat, fees and taxes, and banishing him from Kingdom and not allow him to return to it to work.
It is noteworthy that the national program to combat cover-up has adopted modern mechanisms that contribute to restricting the sources of cover-up and eliminating the shadow economy, where 20 government agencies are working to control concealment using artificial intelligence techniques, data and information analysis, and inflict regular penalties that reach five years in prison, and a fine of 5 million riyals. Seizure and confiscation of illegal funds following final court rulings have been issued once morest those involved.
