Al Emadi was appointed as Qatar’s Minister of Finance in June 2013, serving until his arrest in May 2021.
Qatar’s Criminal Court has sentenced the country’s former finance minister, Ali Sherif al-Emadi, to 20 years in prison for laundering more than $5.6 billion, reported Reuters, citing a document outlining the judgment.
Al-Emadi was arrested in May 2021 over allegations of embezzlement, abuse of power, and crimes related to the…