In Dubai, a bank clerk and businessman were jailed for fraud, together cheating on the latter’s wife by more than $ 8 million.
Two men - a bank employee and a businessman - were sentenced to prison terms of five years each for faking bank documents. This scam helped criminals spend AED 30.5 million ($ US 8.3 million) from the account of a businessman’s wife.
In August 2009, the victim contacted a local bank branch in a shopping center in Al Rashidiya to open a bank account for her and her children. She deposited the indicated amount into the account. Not receiving an email notification that the bank account was activated, she called the bank. The bank employee, who later became the defendant in the case, sent her a notification that her bank account was open and activated.
Later, an employee called a woman several times to sign certain documents. The victim asked the employee to transfer money to another bank account. This request was not fulfilled, and she complained to the legal department of the bank, and later to the police. Subsequently, it turned out that the accused conspired and used fake documents to withdraw funds from the woman’s account.
Last Tuesday, a Dubai court of first instance convicted a bank clerk for malpractice and embezzlement of a victim using fake remittances. The entrepreneur was convicted of aiding and abetting.
