Grab 1.2 million dirhams from a bank account

The Dubai Criminal Court has begun a trial of a gang of nine defendants, including a local bank employee who leaked customer data, and another with one of the two telecommunications companies, which allowed the issuance of a "lost" SIM card using forged documents that allowed gang members to seize $ 1.2 million. AED from the account of one of the victims.

The Bank was keen to compensate the victim and return the money to his account.

A witness in the case, who works as an agent for a Gulf businessman, who manages his business and accounts, said that he had included his phone number in his client's account details to receive text messages about the bank transactions of the account, adding that he was finally surprised that the telephone service was cut, so he called the company and inquired about the reason.

He continued to register a complaint, and then reviewed the bank, he asked him to apply for a chip instead of lost, and the employee offered him a copy of a false identity card in his name, carrying the image of another person, he was surprised, and learned that the transaction was conducted in a branch opens until late in the Shopping Center.

When asked how the fraudulent document was used, the staff concerned responded that it might have been mistakenly included.

After about 13 days, he received a call from the bank's branch in Deira to take money from his client's account amounting to AED 1.2 million. He said he had learned from the call that the fraud was done online.

He said that his client came from his country after confirming the manipulation, and issued a report on the incident, and then reviewed the branch of the telecommunications company, which witnessed the manipulation, and obtained copies of the forged documents, accompanied by the communication.

The agent confirmed that the bank compensated the victim and asked him to follow up the communication until the bank recovers its rights.

Investigations by the Public Prosecution and the testimony of a witness from Dubai Police revealed that the gang seized the money of a number of clients, with the help of a telecommunications company employee, who received 10,000 dirhams for each SIM instead of the gang, and with the assistance of a bank employee who received a similar amount for the leakage of the victims' data. .