Khaberni - The second criminal court in Kuwait sentenced 9 defendants to 7 years in prison and fined them one million dinars in the case of an organized criminal gang managing a website specifically for gambling and money laundering.
The court also fined one of the companies more than one million and 839 thousand dinars, and permanently prohibited it from engaging in any business activity either directly or indirectly, and ordered the verdict to be published in the official newspaper, due to its involvement in financial transfers.
The Ministry of Interior, in its ongoing security efforts to combat organized crime and protect the financial system from illicit activities, announced the arrest of an organized criminal gang involved in the management and operation of a website dedicated to gambling.
Thorough security investigations revealed that the gang members were transferring money generated from gambling activities and were legitimizing it by depositing it into bank accounts belonging to medical clinics and commercial companies, presenting it as legitimate revenue, then recycling and transferring it abroad to conceal its illegal source.
The Ministry of Interior confirmed that dealing with legally non-compliant websites or participating in their activities constitutes a crime punishable by law and stressed that it will not hesitate to pursue and arrest anyone who dares to tamper with the financial system or exploit cyberspace in activities against the law, and will take the strictest legal measures against them.
