The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal sentenced a bank employee accused of fraud and theft of more than 600 million dirhams of bank money to seven years' imprisonment and ordered him and his partners to pay nine million and 876,000 dirhams. Execution of punishment.
The competent authorities in the state recovered stolen money. The first-degree court sentenced the accused to 15 years in prison for fraud, theft and theft of property belonging to third parties.
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, in its "Stories and Transcripts of Abu Dhabi Courts, to raise awareness and ensure that the competent authorities in the state are able to reach criminals no matter how intelligent they are," details a bank employee who has been informed of the termination of his services, And the implementation of a plan prepared in advance to steal the bank, during the evening of the work of the bank, and after the closure of the electronic banking system, transfers of financial balance of the bank to the accounts of outside the State, in excess of 600 million dirhams, and reprogrammed operations, so complete only the next morning , When attached Its open system, at a time that is where he left the state.
The investigation, which was mentioned by the department in its report, indicated that the defendant had planned in advance for the crime of stealing the bank and used others to carry out his criminal plan by exploiting the names of their owned companies to make fictitious purchases in their names and transferring money abroad. That he is forbidden to travel, and confiscated the right to circulate.
The defendant mentioned in the investigation that he tried to convince the officer in charge at the airport that it was a mistake and that he was a senior employee of a known bank and did not commit any mistake, but the latter assured him that the name and the unified number match the applicant's data, Pointing out that he remembered that he did not pay a check for 15 thousand dirhams, and tried to pay him at the airport, but the police told him that he must be referred to the prosecution, and there can make a settlement with the complainant, and pay the amount.
He added: "After I was prevented from traveling, I was referred to the prosecution, and I was able to finish the check procedures quickly, cancel the legal procedures with my right, and went directly to the airport, and booked a seat on the first plane leaving without knowing the destination, to leave the country, Preceded me to a country that pursues a policy of non-extradition. "
"After the plane took off in less than an hour, I rushed to the seat. After I sat in my seat, I felt the success of my plan and ran away, especially after the pilot of the plane asked the passengers to get ready to take off. I closed my eyes for a moment, They are asking me to leave the plane with them quietly. "
The case papers pointed out that the electronic devices in the supervisor of banks in Abu Dhabi have detected large withdrawals from the reserves of one of the banks operating in the emirate, where the bank electronically pump cash amounts to banks operating in the country as soon as the system opens in the morning, pointing out that the system was He gave an alert to withdraw these funds. Whenever he pumped a sum of the reserve, he was withdrawn and the order was issued again. The employee was responsible for making a report on these irrational withdrawals and presented them to his management, who in turn reviewed the bank.
The investigations revealed that the concerned departments of the bank reviewed all the files in search of the imbalance that occurred, causing the withdrawal of more than 600 million dirhams, and it took not more than an hour, until it was revealed that the transfers took place at night, while the electronic system was closed, Run the system until electronically executed overnight checkout commands.
The bank's officials were able to identify the perpetrator, who turned out to be a staff member who had been terminated a few days ago. The day before, he had asked his manager in a friendly manner to return some of his powers to end some of the pending operations. The security men did not doubt him when he returned to the bank in the evening.
The investigations revealed the defendant's confession of his crime following his arrest. During the investigation, he also provided detailed information about his accomplices who helped him complete the fraud and embezzlement of the bank's funds. The Central Bank, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, .
• The Supervisor of Banks has detected large withdrawals from a bank reserve.