A suspected Gulf Arab has failed to seize 20 million dirhams from the bank she works in, spending a young man, her brother in marriage, his brother and a third, in reaching a settlement with the bank, the lawyer said on Tuesday.
The details of the case are the result of a June 2007 complaint that the defendant used her position as head of an account department and responsible for the services of a bank's clients to obtain the power of one of her colleagues, to pass a transaction that was not in line with established procedures and fraudulently Amounts.
Investigations showed that the accused fined millions of dirhams on the second, third and fourth defendants, along with cash, paying debts, buying luxury cars and distinctive plates, traveling to European countries on business classes, buying expensive gifts and precious hours of international brands .
A judge of the Criminal Court in Abu Dhabi yesterday heard the arguments of the defendant's lawyer, the second and third accused lawyers and the fourth defendant's lawyer. At the end of the hearing, he decided to set the date of November 7 as the date for the verdict. The bank had to pay the money for the settlement, but the second, third and fourth defendants refused to help and provide any money they seized, causing the failure of the settlement with the bank.
And argued that the criminal courts had no jurisdiction over the case. He attributed the reason to the fact that the incident was a civil court case because the defendant obtained the money through borrowing rather than through seizure. The violation was considered a violation of the internal administrative regulations of the bank, Which was to raise the ceiling of the credit limit, which enabled them to obtain funds.
He pointed out that the report of the competent medical committee, pointed out that the defendant suffers from depression and ease of emotional blackmail due to the weakness of her personality and low perceptions and lack of experience of life, pointing out that the second accused took advantage of all these reasons, in addition to his mother, which was related to the illusion of his client that he intends to marry Out.
He said during his defense: "The defendant claimed to my client that he owns a commercial land and a company needs funds to lift the ban, and that this lifting will be by taking the money from the bank," claiming that he will refund the money once he was able to sell the land.
In the conclusion of the pleading, he sought the acquittal of his client and rejected the civil suit filed by the bank, because the bank contributed to the fact of obtaining the funds, which was proved by the report of the expert committee. The second and third defendants were obliged to refund the money. The defendant received 12 million dirhams and not 20 million as stated in the referral order, and that the defendant returned three million to the bank.
The lawyer of the second and third accused also handed over a memorandum of defense, and the fourth defendant's lawyer handed over a note in which he sought the innocence of his client.
- The accused lavished spending and gifts on her lover after promising to marry.
- Defendant's defense stated that she returned AED 3 million to the bank.