A Jeddah court on Monday sentenced a Yemeni man in his 50s to six years in prison and 4,000 lashes for fraud. He will be deported after serving his sentence.
The man had claimed having magical abilities and a herb mixture that could cure cancer and AIDS.
He swindled several patients seeking cure of these and other diseases and charged them SR 5,000 per “session.”
The man is in the country illegally. He is a father of five children and used to work at a private polyclinic.
He was arrested after reports about his activities surfaced four months ago. At his home the police found books and dried, ground vegetable leaves that he had sold to people as herbal medicine.
Yemeni gets six years for fraud
