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Jordan sentences ex-intelligence chief to jail for embezzling public funds, money laundering

A general outdoor view of Jordan’s Palace of Justice in Amman Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. In the building, a criminal court sentenced Jordan’s ex-intelligence chief Mohammed al-Dahabi to 13 years and 3 months in jail for embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office. Presiding judge Nashaat Akhras also demanded in court that al-Dahabi pay 21 million Jordanian dinars ($29.6 million) in fines to the state and return money he allegedly laundered and embezzled during his 2005-2008 tenure as head of Jordanian intelligence.(AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian criminal court has sentenced the kingdom's ex-intelligence chief to 13 years and three months in jail for embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office.

It was the harshest sentence in years against such a high-profile personality in Jordan.

Presiding judge Nashaat Akhras has also demanded in court Sunday that defendant Mohammed al-Dahabi pay 21 million Jordanian dinars ($29.6 million) in fines to the state and return money he allegedly laundered and embezzled during his 2005-2008 tenure as head of Jordanian intelligence.

News from © The Associated Press, 2012
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