Verdict Set in BHD 22,250 Money Laundering Case

TDT | Manama

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First High Criminal Court has scheduled July 28 to deliver its verdict in a money laundering case involving a 30-year-old Asian housemaid accused of laundering BHD 22,250.

Prosecutors alleged the defendant concealed funds obtained through electronic fraud by making international transfers and spending the money on purchases, trading platforms, and jewellery.

Financial investigators traced the funds' movement through local and overseas banking channels and froze the defendant's accounts and assets.

Authorities said the original financial crime involved approximately BHD 25,750, of which around BHD 3,500 was returned.

Court records show the defendant has already been convicted in the underlying theft case, sentenced to 10 years in prison, fined BHD 5,000, and ordered to be deported after completing her sentence. She remains in custody pending the money laundering verdict.