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$1m fine, 25-year jail in UAE’s new cybercrime law

The UAE has amended its cybercrime law to impose an imprisonment period of at least 10 years and not exceeding 25 years, and a fine not less than Dh2 million ($544,000) and not in excess of Dh4 million ($1 million), a media report said.

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Pistorius gets 6 years for murder of girlfriend

South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years on Wednesday for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the latest twist in a trial that has gripped the world. The state and la

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Saudi contractor MMG's founder, son get jail sentence

Saudi Arabia's market regulator fined contractor Mohammed Al Mojil Group (MMG) and sentenced two of its executives to five years in prison for breaching rules relating to accumulated losses, the firm said on Friday. The Capita

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Saudi contractor MMG's founder, son get jail sentence

Saudi Arabia's market regulator fined contractor Mohammed Al Mojil Group (MMG) and sentenced two of its executives to five years in prison for breaching rules relating to accumulated losses, the firm said on Friday. The Capita

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UAE: 11 get life in jail for terrorism

A court in the UAE has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for Al Qaeda and Islamic State in Syria to life imprisonment, state news agency Wam reported on Sunday. A total of 41 defendants were charged in O

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HSBC whistleblower Falciani gets 5 years jail

Herve Falciani, an ex-employee of HSBC's Geneva private bank who leaked information on clients and their tax situation, has been sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated industrial espionage, the bank said on Friday. H

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Emirates' 'worst ever passenger' gets jail sentence

An airline passenger who drunkenly abused cabin crew on board an Emirates flight from Dubai to Birmingham has been jailed for 11 months by a British court, said a report. Branded the 'worst passenger ever’, 46-year-old Jasbir

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Atlas owner gets 3-year jail term for bounced cheques

The owner of a Dubai-based gold and jewellery retailer was sentenced to three years in prison for writing two cheques totaling Dh34 million ($9.26 million) that bounced, local media reported.   Gulf News said the

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ATM attack plotters in Bahrain jailed for life

Five men have been jailed for life in prison for being part of a terrorist cell that conspired with Iranian operatives to blow up ATM machines in Bahrain. However, only three of the Bahrainis were in police custody, while the rest were sentenc

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Bahrain jails 5 for militancy, strips citizenship

Five Bahrainis were convicted of conspiring with Iran to carry out attacks inside Bahrain, sentenced to life imprisonment and stripped of their citizenship, Bahrain's Public Prosecutor was cited as saying by state news agency BNA reported.

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