Dubai bank teller flees with Dh500,000

An Egyptian teller at a Dubai bank allegedly stole a total of Dh600,000 from the bank in just one day with three forged transactions and fled the UAE on the same day.

TKS is accused of stealing Dh250,000 from the bank account of a rent-a-car company, withdrawing Dh250,000 from the personal account of a client and taking Dh100,000 from an amount placed in his custody by the bank.

All the three transactions were processed by the accused last October 10 before fleeing the UAE for Egypt on the same day at around 3pm.

The car rental company’s owner had asked the bank for a cheque book. TKS stole a leaf from the cheque book which was in the custody of his colleague. He attached the photocopy of a labour card of an Indian dealer with the bank to the cheque.

“The company’s owner called the bank’s Al Twar branch to inform them that Dh250,000 was missing from the company’s account. I assigned officials at the bank to check the matter,” testified the branch’s manager.

“We found out that two other transactions had also been processed by the teller TKS. Dh250,000 was withdrawn by him against a cash withdrawal application using a photocopy of the driving licence and a forged finger print of the client. The teller also embezzled other Dh100,000 from the clients’ fund that was kept in his custody. Enquiring about his whereabouts, we found out that he had fled the country soon after the end of the working day,” the branch manager testified.

TKS fled the country through Dubai International Airport to Egypt at 14.53 hours on October 10.

The Court will issue its verdict on July 29.
 

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