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US lawyer released after UAE money laundering conviction — Al Jazeera

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Key
aljazeera-2022-ghafoor-released
Authors
Al Jazeera
Issued
2022-8-13
Type
article-newspaper
Container
Al Jazeera
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Claims

  1. Asim Ghafoor was released in August 2022 after a UAE court overturned his three-year prison sentence but upheld the money laundering conviction and imposed a fine of 5 million dirhams; UAE officials said the case was strictly about financial crimes, and US officials said the arrest was not made at Washington's request.
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