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Dh10 million bribe case against oil company staff

The Abu Dhabi Financial Crimes Public Prosecution has referred a runaway Canadian employee working for a petroleum company to court for allegedly soliciting and collecting a bribe of Dh10,540,880.

The prosecution has also leveled the charge of offering a bribe against two senior employees at an insurance company —the CEO and former general manager of the company’s branch in Abu Dhabi.

Earlier, the Abu Dhabi Financial Crimes Public Prosecution received a complaint from the petroleum company that a Canadian employee of the firm had abused his job and solicited bribe in form of commissions throughout his tenure.

The accused collected bribes from an insurance company for giving the company’s insurance tender to the insurance company for which the second and third accused, both Jordanians, are working.

The investigation verified that the Canadian accused managed to collect a sum of Dh10,540,880 on several payments remitted to his bank accounts inside and outside the country by the second and third accused.

Further, it was said that the first accused had fled the country when he came to know that his crime had been discovered. Consequently, the prosecution issued a warrant to arrest the Canadian accused.

The source clarified that the commissions collected by the Canadian accused is a criminal conduct as per the federal penal code.

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