Man embezzles Dh145,000 from boss in Dubai

Dubai - He fooled his boss by showing him fake payment receipts.

A legal consultant, who allegedly embezzled more than Dh145,000 from his employer and fooled him by showing him four fake payment receipts, was charged at a Dubai court on Sunday.
According to public prosecution records, the 55-year-old Egyptian consultant embezzled Dh145,420 from his boss and falsely claimed to him he was paying up the court fees.
The defendant has been accused of breach of trust, embezzlement, forgery and use of forged documents at the Court of First Instance.
The alleged wrongdoings happened between February and September of 2017.
A 44-year-old Egyptian business owner said the accused worked for him from February to September 2017. "He was in charge of following-up on the lawsuits filed by my company against other firms. He would also handle my personal cases and I would hand him cash to pay necessary court fees."
At some point, the complainant discovered that the consultant was embezzling the amounts rather than paying them towards settling up fees at the Dubai Courts.
"He would hand me over receipts, falsely claiming them to be issued from the courts. He sent me those receipts on WhatsApp. But I found out later they were forged and I checked, in person, at the courts and learned no amount had been paid towards the settlement of fees due on my business lawsuits."
The plaintiff showed four such receipts at the collection section and was told they were not issued from them and that they were forged. He filed a complaint right away against the consultant at Bur Dubai police station.
An administrative employee at the courts told the prosecutor that about one year back, two persons approached him with receipts. "I checked the receipts copies' numbers in the courts' database and found those numbers were not correct. There was also an uncommon writing on those papers. I have nothing to do with those receipts."
The defendant admitted to the public prosecution investigator that he sent the receipts, falsely attributed to Dubai Courts, to the plaintiff on WhatsApp.
The trial has been adjourned to April 2.
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• Dubai