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Ammon News - Six people were found guilty of money laundering on Wednesday by an Amman court, and they were each given three years in prison and ordered to pay back more than JD16 million.

In the same case, the Anti-Corruption Judicial Panel of the Amman Court of First Instance exonerated a member of the Lower House of Parliament.

The incriminating decision revealed that a U.S. resident counterfeited electronic discs and violated U.S. copyrights; he allegedly obtained up to $50 million in proceeds; and he was sentenced to 60 months in prison and denaturalization.

However, after being released from a US prison, the man set up businesses in his son's name, communicated with two individuals in Jordan one of whom is a public servant and the other is a private citizen and started sending money to a number of recipients so that it could be given to the second party in the case.

The individual wired amounts totaling JD12.5 million to Jordan so that he could buy property in the Kingdom. His local associate used a negligible portion of these funds to make some purchases, which included two apartments and land plots, the court indicated.

The wires were flagged by the banks that processed them and ultimately reported to the Money Laundering Unit of the Central Bank of Jordan, which concluded that money laundering was at play and referred the case to court.