Suspect impersonates bank employee and seizes Dhs97,000 in UAE

Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

Al Ain Court of First Instance obligated suspects to return Dhs97,299 to the owner of a company and fined them Dhs10,000, after an anonymous person contacted the company claiming to be a bank employee and asked to send him the OTP they received, after which he seized Dhs97,299 from the company’s account and transferred them to other accounts.

The details date back to the time when a company owner filed a lawsuit against persons in which he asked them to obligate them to pay him Dhs102,298, besides a compensation of Dhs50,000 as well as the fees and expenses of the lawsuit and lawyer’s fees.

The appellant said that an unknown person telephoned his company, claiming to be a bank employee and asked for the number received in a message, after which he seized the amount from the company account.

The investigation report proved that the suspect transferred the amount to the accounts of others, and all of them were convicted under a criminal ruling.

The court explained that the criminal ruling proved the suspects were guilty as they had funds belonging to the appellant which they obtained fraudulently.

The court then obligated them to pay compensation of Dhs10,000 to the plaintiff.