Employee steals Dhs119,000 from workplace in UAE, told to return the money

The Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court ordered an employee to pay Dhs119,965 to his employer . It was established that the accused had accumulated monetary sums during the period of his employment, yet he had not disbursed the aforementioned amounts.

Specifically, a company initiated legal proceedings against an individual who had previously been employed by it. The final requests made by the plaintiff were limited to a ruling obliging the defendant to return the sums he had embezzled, amounting to Dhs128,966. The plaintiff also requested the costs of issuing a consulting report detailing the sums embezzled, legal interest at a rate of 5 per cent from the date of the lawsuit until full payment, and fees, expenses, and attorneys' fees.

The company initiated legal proceedings on the basis that the employee had been employed by it for approximately nine years, receiving a total monthly salary of Dhs5,500, with a basic monthly salary of Dhs3,300. The termination of the employment relationship had indeed occurred, however, the employee had declined to remunerate the company accordingly.

The Court ordered the assignment of an expert to audit the accounts, the results of which were submitted in a report. The report concluded that the employee had owed amounts as a result of failing to pay instalments that he had collected in cash from the company’s clients. Following the company's review of the employee's objections, the auditor determined that the outstanding debt owed by the employee for documents he had issued and collected in cash instalments from clients, but not deposited with the company, amounted to Dhs119,965.

In its ruling on the employee’s request to return the amounts he had embezzled from the company’s clients, the court explained its decision. The court established that there was a business relationship between the employee and the company, and that the outstanding debt owed by the employee for documents he had issued and collected cash instalments for from clients, but had not deposited with the company, amounted to Dhs119,965. Therefore, the court ruled that this sum should be returned to the company.