The Criminal Court in Dubai initiated in absentia a case in which an employee of the credit card department of a local bank was accused of infiltrating the bank's electronic system without the right to do so, and disclosing customer data and bank secrets in the interest of a gang consisting of four accused, and others unknown, who used the information to change a customer’s phone Registered with the bank, then took advantage of the new number to penetrate his account, and seized one million and 786 thousand dirhams from his balance.
Investigations of the Public Prosecution indicated that the accused fugitive employee targeted an account that did not move for three months due to the travel of its owner, and disclosed secrets that included the account balance and the phone number registered on it, and photocopies of the documents of the victim in the system, which helped the gang members to apply to transfer the victim's phone number From one of my mobile companies to the other, by impersonating him, presenting a passport, the original of the residency voucher and the original ID card are all forged, and photocopies not belonging to him are fixed on them, then they deposited an amount of 500 dirhams in his account in order to move the account and allow any transactions on him, then they contacted B The bank asked to change the phone number registered on the account, and they answered all the security questions, as they got all the documents from the accused employee, until they managed to control the account, extracted a new debit card, a checkbook and made transfers.
The victim stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that he was surprised by the seizure of one million and 786 thousand dirhams from his account, in installments and by various means, including the use of an ATM card, checks and financial transfers, pointing out that he was shocked that someone changed his phone number registered with the bank, and was able to impersonate him and obtain On a debit card and check book issuance.
He added that he left for three months, and when he returned he tried to operate his SIM card and did not work, and by checking the telecommunications company branch, he was surprised that someone stopped the phone line and replaced it, and discovered that a person impersonated him and left photocopies of a passport, residency voucher and ID card attributed to it, but with pictures Various photographs.
An official at the bank’s fraud department stated that an investigation was conducted about the incident after informing the victim of the penetration of his account, and it was found that the perpetrator had information about the victim’s bank account, including his phone number registered with the bank and photocopies of his identification documents, and in such cases there would be A partner of the perpetrator from within the bank is the one who discloses the secrets of the victim’s account, and the internal investigation authority found that the defendant who works as an employee of the credit card department left the country on vacation after the crime was executed, but he no longer raised the suspicion of his complicity, and discovered that he entered on the day Ex at the expense of the victim, then followed Depositing 500 dirhams in the victim’s account, indicating that the accused, by virtue of his work, has no right to open or manage the victim’s account.