📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Commerce and Investment has defamed the owner of an Est. specialized in the trade of body care in Makkah. He was found guilty of violating the Anti-Commercial Fraud Law by offering and selling expired perfumes creams body care items and cosmetics.The judgment issued by the criminal court in Makkah included imposing a fine on the violator closing the violating Est. for ten days confiscating and destroying the seized expired quantities and publishing the verdict in two local newspapers at the expense of the defendant.The Ministry of Commerce and Investment confirms the continuation of addressing those violating the Anti-Commercial Fraud Law by taking stern measures and imposing the legal penalties against them in view of the fraud and deception towards the consumers. The Rules Regulations related to Anti-Commercial Fraud Law stipulates penalties that may reach to three-year imprisonment fines up to one million riyals or both Defamation in two local newspapers at the expense of the violator deportation of the illegal labors from the Kingdom besides the suspension and prevention of practicing the same commercial activity.MCI calls on all consumers to lodge their complaints or observations through MCI Consumer Call Center 1900 or through the application of a Commercial Violation Report or via the Ministrys website.
