The Madinah-based lawyer said the money he took was a commission for his work. Sources told Arab News the lawyer — who has not been identified publicly — is involved in seven financial cases with the businessman who has also allegedly loaned him SR250,000.
The lawyer has been accused of embezzling SR3.2 million in two separate incidents.
On the first occasion, the lawyer is accused of depositing in his personal bank account a check for SR1.2 million that was supposed to be used in blood money to secure the release of a Saudi man who was found guilty of killing an official at a mental hospital in Madinah last year.
The lawyer allegedly failed to pass the money on to the beneficiary. It is also alleged that he did not give the donor of the blood money a receipt for the cash.
