Filipina jailed for fraud

DUBAI — The Dubai Misdemeanour Court has sentenced a Filipina, Juli N, to three months in jail to be followed by deportation for embezzlement and breach of trust. It has acquitted another Filipina, Sheryl, 26, who was referred to the court on charges of aiding and abetting in the breach of trust.

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Amira Agarib

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Published: Fri 11 Aug 2006, 10:42 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 6:09 PM

On December 18, last year, 35-year-old Pakistani national Sayed, who is an accountant with Juli's company, informed the Dubai Police that Juli, who worked as the assistant head of the cargo section at Global Link, had siphoned off Dh38,650. She received money from a customer and gave him a receipt, but she didn't provide the accounts section of her company with the copy of the receipt.

She also put her signature on the receipt which should have been signed by the company manager. The embezzlement was discovered three months after Juli resigned from her job. The company which was auditing the customer's credit contacted him and asked him to pay the money only to find that he had already paid Dh38,650 to Juli. He also showed them the receipt issued by her.

During the court cross-examination, Sheryl said that she didn't receive any amount from Juli. The court found no evidence that she had received the amount, so she was acquitted.


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