A Pakistani accountant who attempted a bank transfer of Dh278,659 from his employer’s account to his own, received six months in jail followed by deportation by the Dubai Criminal Court.
According to the records, AAK, 24, is accused of submitting an electronic transfer order after he could get the secret number of the company’s online banking allocated for endorsement of online transactions. This number was in the possession of the company’s manager only.
One June 12, the accused processed the transfer and the endorsement from the company’s account with Commercial Bank of Dubai to his personal account with Emirates NBD.
The bank contacted the company to enquire about the online transfer order and whether he can endorse it.
The company’s manager asked the bank not to do so, confessed AAK before the prosecution.
Farooq Jaweed, 28, British, Administrative Affairs manager of the company, testified that the company checked the issue and found out that the accused made the transfer.
“The accused is authorised to submit online orders to the bank including transferring salaries of the workers to their accounts to the bank but he does not have the authority to endorse such orders.
However, he endorsed the transfer transaction after getting the secret number that was in the manager’s possession,” he testified.