White-Collar Crime & Regulatory Enforcement
In matters falling under Oman's penal law, FALC has extensive experience and a proven track record representing clients on money laundering crimes, cheque disputes, tax evasion, fraud, misappropriation of funds and embezzlement, and breaches of privacy and confidentiality. The firm represents clients in criminal investigations and litigation before the competent authorities and courts, including the Royal Oman Police, the Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Labour, covering the criminal matters that arise in the course of business as well as civil and commercial disputes.
Selected experience
Client names are withheld for confidentiality. Further references are available on request.
Full experience- DS-03
Acted for a major infrastructure group in a dishonoured-cheque prosecution. The first-instance court convicted the corporate drawer but acquitted the individual. On appeal the firm secured a unanimous reversal: the individual was convicted, sentenced to imprisonment and fined, and the court ordered payment of the full cheque value of OMR 1.2 million.
- DS-04
For a cement products company, the court convicted the drawer of a dishonoured cheque, imposed a six-month custodial sentence and fines, ordered civil payment of OMR 700,000, and suspended the prison sentence only upon settlement of that claim, a judgment structure that itself creates payment pressure.
- DS-07
For a listed cement producer, the Supreme Court declined to admit the cassation, ordered costs against the challenger and confiscated the bail, preserving the client's win at the final instance. The identical result was obtained for a private client by order dated 25 August 2024.
When commercial disputes turn criminal, the firm is already in the room.
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