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29 March 2024

Woman gets 3 years for swindling Dh297m

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A criminal court in Abu Dhabi sentenced a woman for three years in prison for using her position in a government department to swindle nearly Dh297 million in collaboration with four other employees, press reports said on Wednesday.

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 court sentenced two other defendants to three months in prison to be followed by deportation while two other accomplices were sentenced to six months and deportation, the semi official daily 'Al Ittihad' said.

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