Criminal Affairs: 7 years in prison for a former senior official in the Ministry of Interior, with the recovery of 1.29 million dinars and a fine equal to double the amount

The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Khaled Rashad and with Judges Abdulhadi Al-Hajjari and Abdulaziz Al-Muqdad as members, sentenced a former senior official in the Ministry of Interior to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labor, dismissed him from his post, ordered him to repay 1,293,700 Kuwaiti dinars and 600 fils, and fined him double that amount, on two charges of association, in a case concerning a contract for the maintenance of border cameras and the supply and installation of an underground invisible system, as well as the maintenance of networks and equipment, while the court refrained from punishing another senior official.

The court also sentenced an accused foreign national in absentia to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labor and ordered his deportation from the country after serving his sentence.

The court decided to refrain from sentencing seven other accused individuals, including a former senior official, while requiring each of them to provide a guarantee of good conduct and behavior for one year, backed by a financial bail of 500 dinars.