The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi -- the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in 2018 -- to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion.
The Abu Dhabi Money Laundering Court also ordered that the lawyer, U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, pay a fine of US$816,748 stemming from his in absentia conviction, the UAE's state-run WAM news agency reported late Saturday.
The UAE framed Ghafoor's arrest as a coordinated move with the U.S. to "combat transnational crimes." Emirati state-run media said American authorities had requested the UAE's help with an investigation into Ghafoor's alleged tax evasion and suspicious money transfers in the Emirates.
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