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29 March 2024

Emirati woman jailed for swindling Dh294m

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An appeals court upheld a previous court verdict and sentenced an Emirati woman to three years in prison for using her position in a government department to swindle nearly Dh297 millions in collaboration with four other employees, newspapers reported on Thursday.

The court also sentenced an Arab accomplice to three months in jail and ordered his deportation from the UAE. Three other accomplices, who had been convicted by the court of first instance, were acquitted.

The unnamed woman was convicted of forging documents and receiving large commissions from insurance companies in the country following a report by the State Auditing Office based on testimony by employees at those companies.

.The woman was also ordered to return all swindled funds, according to Alittihad newspaper, which did not name the department.