3 years imprisonment for a woman signed a guarantee check «blank»

The Abu Dhabi Misdemeanor Court sentenced an Asian woman to three years in prison for issuing a check worth 11 million and 800 dirhams. The defendant, while defending herself, reported that the check was blankly released as a security check for her company, In her response to the court's question on why the date was not set when the check was issued, that it is customary in this company to deposit the check without a date.

The defendant's lawyer, Saeed Suhail al-Rashdi, said in his defense note that the defendant did not release any checks for the victim, but released the check to the company in which she works. She has been working in this field since 2014, It is common practice for this company that all its employees are required to sign a "blank" check deposited with the administration to guarantee the goods received or any financial transactions. The victim works in the same company as the accountant general, In the form of a secretariat, to be refunded upon termination of employment and leave his job, except FT seized this check, and the completion of its data, and edit the value of 11 million and AED 800, on the fourth of January 2018 maturity.

In his defense, Al-Rashdi pointed out that the check was a credit tool, not a compliance tool, and it does not deserve criminal protection, and it does not achieve the crime of issuing a check without a balance, for the absence of the issuance corner in the check, which is put in circulation to make money flow in transactions, The accused released the check to the company in which she worked, not the victim.

The defense based on the fact that the signature of the check in the hand of the accused was made in 2015. All the check data were written in different handwriting.

In his defense, Al-Rashidi confirmed that the check for the misdemeanor is closely related to the victim's embezzlement of 11 million and 800 dirhams, and is considered in the resumed misdemeanors, and set for the hearing of the October 29 hearing, in which the victim is accused of embezzling the same check from the company, And provided the defense with a copy of a document stating that the accountant recognized the embezzlement signed by the victim to the company. He said that he obtained this picture from the company management and that the original is available to the company.

Al-Rashedi told Emirates Al-Youm that he will file an appeal against the ruling, which will depend on the verdict to be issued to the accountant in the embezzlement case.