Summary
- Qatar Airways' former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ali Sharif Al-Emadi, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for money laundering and other charges.
- The Qatari courts also imposed a fine of $16.7 billion on Al-Emadi.
- Al-Emadi's arrest and the charges against him are related to his work as the country's Minister of Finance, not to his other business roles.