Dubai salesman illegally avails telecom services worth Dh596,881, jailed

Dubai - The sales executive issued 198 applications for post -paid numbers and 35 other applications for smart phones.

A sales executive, who availed of telecommunication services in a fraudulent way that generated bills totalling Dh596,881, has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Public prosecution records show that the Egyptian executive, 36, forged as many as 198 application forms for SIM cards and 35 other forms for smart phones in the names of various corporations and individuals on documents he faked others' signatures on.
The wrongdoings of the executive lasted from January 2015 to September 2016.
The court found him guilty of embezzlement of public funds, intentionally damaging public funds, forgery and use of fake e-documents and unlawfully availing of telecom services.
It ordered him to pay a fine worth the amount of money he embezzled and that he be deported after completing the terms of his sentence.
The defendant had been working for a company, which was in a contractual relation with the telecom firm. His job was to verify the customers' original documents and after accepting and processing the applications, to stamp them with the telecom firm's seal, then enter the data in the system and collect the due fees.
Prosecution records show the defendant abused his post and issued 198 applications for post -paid numbers and 35 other applications for smart phones. He entered details in the e- system in the names of various corporates and individuals with forged signatures.
He used his access privilege and fraudulently availed of the telecom services in bills worth Dh 596,881.  
"I was preparing an audit report and checking the transactions processed by the accused. We found out that many applications were done and issued without the payment of the necessary dues," an audit expert told the prosecutor.  
"We asked for those applications and while double-checking them, we found that the defendant issued 198 post-paid numbers and 35 smart phones with data packages for multiple companies and persons in bills totalling Dh596,881, even when the applications lacked some essential documents." 
 
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