Former Qatari finance minister Ali Cherif al-Emadi has been charged with charges including corruption and money laundering, the official Qatari news agency QNA reported on Sunday.
Al-Emadi, 54, was charged with "
corruption, embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of power
", the Qatari agency said, citing the prosecution.
He will be tried along with other defendants, she added.
“
The defendants were questioned, witnesses heard, technical reports examined
” during the investigation, prosecutors said.
But no details on the charges, the sums at stake or the identity of the co-accused were communicated.
The former minister was arrested in May 2021 when he was one of the most influential business leaders in the Middle East.
However, he was not taken into custody.
It was in 2013 that Al-Emadi took control of the Ministry of Finance and the Qatar National Bank (QNB).
He rose through the ranks after joining QNB in 2005, which has become one of the largest banking groups in the region.
Diplomats with knowledge of the case said many businessmen and officials were questioned.
Shortly before Al-Emadi's arrest, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, had revised the law to end the immunity of ministers.
