Forged 21 documents attributed to government agencies

A representative embezzles 800 thousand dirhams from his company

The Dubai Criminal Court has begun the trial of a marketing manager of the nationality of an Arab country who embezzled about 800 thousand dirhams from an optics company by forging 21 government electronic documents attributed to three government departments, which are receipts for payment of sums he claimed that he paid on behalf of the victim company, but he seized its value .

An auditor who examined the records of the complaining company said, in the Public Prosecution's investigations, that it was found through the examination that the accused had seized an amount of 786 thousand and 782 dirhams from the company's funds, and submitted false invoices for expenditures exceeding the actual amounts he paid to the government agencies to which those bills were attributed. .

He added that the accused admitted in an internal investigation that he had seized these funds, and signed a letter stating that he was working as a representative for the company and reviewing government agencies to renew licenses and conduct transactions, and he was also paying transaction fees for renewal through the website of those departments, including the Dubai Health Authority and the two development departments Economic growth in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, over a period of three years.

He explained that the incident was discovered when the accused did not renew some of the licenses of the complainant party, despite receiving the funds allocated for that, and by checking the tasks that he performs, it was found that he used two methods, the first is through embezzlement of funds requested by the company's financial management to accomplish tasks related to the company, but he does He carries out those tasks, and in this way seized 568 thousand and 292 dirhams, and the second way is by requesting sums of money to pay the fees for renewing the licenses of the shops belonging to the company, and it was found that they are higher than the prescribed amounts, then he submits false invoices to prove payment and embezzlement of the difference, and in this way he seized 218 thousand And 490 dirhams.

The witness indicated that the accused modified and reused existing invoices for old transactions, pointing out that some of the forged invoices consisted of renewing doctors' licenses, clinics, and other fees.

For his part, a witness from the victim company said that the accused confessed his crimes, signed a written confession, and presented five checks for the total amounts embezzled, but the company refused these checks for lack of balance, so it issued a communication against him.

• The accused signed a confession and presented checks for the embezzled sums ... the company rejected them.

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