The Ministry of Commerce announced the names of two residents, one of French nationality and the other of Lebanese nationality, who were sentenced to prison for violating the anti-bribery law following it was proven that the first enabled the second to work for his own account in contracting activities in Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details of the case<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The details of the case date back to suspicions of a violation by the licensed establishment under a foreign investment license, as it was proven that the owner of the establishment enabled the person under surveillance to engage in an unauthorized business activity by practicing it, and the person under surveillance failed to assume responsibility for managing and operating the operations of his establishment, which constitutes a violation of the anti-bribery regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It also revealed the large scale of the financial transactions of the defendant, which were inconsistent with his profession (an architect), and his collection of the revenues generated by the business activity and the transfer of funds outside the Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The judicial ruling issued by the court<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The ministry published the judicial ruling issued by the Criminal Court in Riyadh, which includes a fine, closure of the establishment, liquidation of the activity, cancellation of the license, cancellation of the commercial registry, and prohibition from engaging in business activities, as well as the payment of zakat and fees and taxes, in addition to expelling the covered person and the covered person from the Kingdom and not allowing them to return to work, and defamation by publishing the ruling in a newspaper at the expense of the offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of Commerce warns all foreign investors in the Kingdom who have obtained a license authorizing them to engage in any business activity against violating the anti-laundering system, enabling non-Saudis to work for their own account, and emphasizes the need to apprehend violators and refer them to judicial authorities to apply the legal penalties against them, in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Laundering System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking advantage of the benefits of the corrective period regulation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry urges violators of the anti-coverup system (Saudi or non-Saudi) to take advantage of the benefits of the corrective period regulation for those in violation of the anti-coverup system, and to submit requests to correct their status through the ministry's website mc.gov.sa before the deadline on August 23, 2021, in order to avoid the penalties stipulated in the system and the resulting payment of income tax retroactively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rectification process is carried out easily and conveniently through multiple options, including: entering a new partner, whether Saudi or non-Saudi, continuing to work in the establishment, or the Saudi person disposing of the establishment by selling it, giving it away, or dissolving it; or registering the ownership of the establishment in the name of a non-Saudi person, by agreement between the Saudi person and the non-Saudi person to transfer the ownership of the establishment to the non-Saudi person, after the latter obtains a license to invest; also, a non-Saudi person can apply for the premium residency permit, the investment license to continue working in the establishment, or the final exit permit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> Minutes<\/span><\/span>The Ministry of Commerce has publicly named two residents\u2014one a French national and the other a Lebanese national\u2014against whom a court ruling was issued convicting them of violating the Anti-Fronting Law, after it was proven that the first had enabled the second to work independently in contracting activities in the city of Riyadh. 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