Individual impersonates bank employee, defrauds company of Dhs499,000 in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court ruled that a person must repay Dhs499,000 and pay a fine of Dhs50,000 to a company.

This is in compensation for impersonating a bank employee via an information network, designing an application and posting it on Google under the bank's name.

Through this fraudulent means, he was able to seize the amount and create a computer programme designed to facilitate the commission of the crime.

Specifically, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant, requesting that he be ordered to pay Dhs499,000— the sum seized from her account — plus 10 per cent interest until full payment is made.

She also requested that he be ordered to pay Dhs300,000 in compensation for material and moral damages, as well as legal fees and expenses.

The plaintiff filed her lawsuit on the basis that the defendant had seized money from her bank account.

As a result, a criminal lawsuit was filed and a judgement was issued. The defendant's actions caused her moral and material damage, prompting her to file this lawsuit with the aforementioned requests.

The Court clarified that the previous criminal ruling had established that the defendant had been charged with unlawfully appropriating Dhs499,000 belonging to the victim through the use of fraudulent means, including impersonating a bank employee online and creating a Google account attributed to the bank.

This deceived the victim, inducing him to click on a link and enter his bank details and PIN. Through these fraudulent means, the defendant was able to seize the aforementioned amount and transfer it to his own bank account.

The defendant also obtained the victim's bank card details using information technology, creating and designing a computer programme to facilitate the crime.