Your voice can be used to detect deceit if you commit crime: Dubai Police

A 22-year-old European woman was proved to be the main suspect in an embezzlement case with the help of voice detection technology, according to Dubai Police.

Speaking to Emirates 24|7, Major Hamad Juma, Head of Voice Examination Evidence Section of Dubai Police Forensic Department said that this woman was smart and young, and she committed the fraud that involved a huge amount of money.

“This woman was working in a bank in Dubai, and she knew an Iranian trader’s personal assistant. She introduced the Iranian trader and his personal assistant to the VIP banking section as he was a rich and important client of the bank.

“The personal assistant of the trader was authorized to conduct transactions on behalf of him in the bank. She was authorized to transfer huge amount of money from his account. And this is how this woman got the idea of committing her crime.”

Major Hamad added that the woman changed the details of the personal assistant in the bank’s system, and she put her number and email address instead. She then agreed with her friend who was an Arab and the owner of a trading company in Dubai to transfer money to his company’s account, which he would transfer to her in return of commission. And he agreed.”

He added that the woman then started calling the bank and asked to transfer money from the trader’s account to the company's account. “She transferred more than Dh36 million from the trader’s account to her friend’s account. But after some time, the trader noticed the money transfers and he contacted the bank, which then contacted Dubai Police.”

Major Hamad added that investigations led the cops to the Arab owner of the company to whom the money was transferred, and then he led them to the woman.

“Police arrested the woman, but then she denied being involved in this case. She stressed that she had nothing to do with this crime up to the last moment. However, we have experts in voice detection, and got the voice recordings from the bank through which she was giving orders to transfer money to her friend’s account. We compared the voices, and upon examination, it was proved that she was the one who gave the orders and embezzled the trader.”

He added that the verdict in the case was given this year, and she got punished for what she did.

“We have experts, and we can recognize all types of voices, and we can prove if someone committed the crime using his or her voice. We have solved many cases in this way.”

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