Accountant confesses to pocketing Dh880,000

The Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday heard several cases of theft and handed down sentences to five accused.

An accountant with Majid Al Futtaim Hospitality company, accused of forging money transfer orders worth Dh880,000 between February and June this year, has confessed to the charges in court.

DLK, Malaysian, 29, accountant, is also accused of forging 16 unofficial documents by signing on them. It is alleged that he submitted the forged money transfers to Emirates NBD.

Stephan Hillary, 44, French, manager, testified before the Prosecution that DLK had confessed to him of  embezzling the said amount and forging documents.

Rashid bin Qahman, 46, Spanish, manger, also testified before the Prosecution and said the stolen amount was about Dh880,000.

The accused confessed to the accusation. The court adjourned the case until the month-end. 

Electric cables

The Dubai Criminal Court awarded an Indian guard and a Nepali worker to three months in jail each for stealing electric cables worth Dh600 from a villa under construction at Al Barsha 3 which belongs to Sheikh Mansour of the royal family.

On April 10, AKB, a guard in the Engineering Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stole electric cables worth Dh600 from the villa and conspired with AAA to sell them for Dh235.

Two policemen patrolling the area were witnesses.

Mobile phone 

Meanwhile, a Filipina maid has been sentenced to three months in jail followed by deportation for stealing a mobile phone set from her Emirati employer.

Initially, she had testified that an Indian fugitive, Imtiaz, with whom she allegedly had sexual relations, stole the phone and handed it to her. But later she confessed to stealing the equipment and the court dismissed accusations of consensual sex.

CDs from Carrefour

An Indian salesman will be deported after serving three months in jail for stealing CDs worth Dh80 from Carrefour Hypermarket.

KS, Nepali, guard, saw the MA, 30, remove the CD from the box and sliping them under his shirt.

Wallet from Emirates airline

A Filipina cleaner, pretending to be honest, handed over a wallet she found inside Emirates airline while cleaning to her supervisor after taking some US dollars and Syrian pounds from it.

However, police found $200 and SYP4,250 with her, and she confessed to stealing them. She will be deported after serving three months in jail.  

Sorcery charges

Meanwhile, a Pakistani, who worked in a garment shop, was found guilty of practising sorcery and sentenced to three months in jail by the Fujairah Court of Appeal, reported 'Al Ittihad' newspaper.  

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