VOL. XLVI

No 38

22-September-2003

REGIONAL BANKING

Jordan Jails Businessman For Six Years In Bank Fraud Case

Jordans State Security Court has sentenced Majd Shamayilah, the former head of Amman-based IT firm Global Business, to six years in prison after convicting him of fraud and use of forged documents, according to Jordanian news agency Petra. He admitted using forged documents to secure JD350mn in bank loans from 1994 to 2000. The court ordered him to repay JD11.3mn, confiscated JD11.7mn that...