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Bank employee charged with embezzling Dh211,000

Dubai - The bank lost Dh211,000 through this fraud, but managed to cancel six other transactions

An Asian woman was accused of forgery and embezzlement of over Dh211,000 from a Sharjah-based bank.
The Sharjah Criminal Court, presided by judge Mahmood Abu Baker, charged the sales representative in her late twenties with embezzling from the bank after she issued credit cards to a number of clients by submitting forged documents.
The deputy director of the bank's credit department testified before the Criminal Court of Sharjah, saying that the bank learnt about the crime when they checking the attached documents in 11 transactions, in which credit cards were issued to employees of a real estate company and an airline. The auditing officials found that 11 people's payroll certificates and bank statements were forged. All the transactions were made by the accused.
The second witness from the bank, working in the auditing section, said that the accused submitted and checked the transactions and documents.
He said he submitted genuine documents of some employees; however, she submitted fake documents for 11 transactions and has issued 5 bank credit cards, which were used to withdraw money.
The bank lost Dh211,000 through this fraud, but managed to cancel six other transactions.
The accused, after hearing the two witnesses' testimonies, pleaded not guilty, saying that she did not know if the documents submitted to her were forged.
She also denied receiving cards or withdrawing any money.
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