Dubai Police arrested a bank employee who embezzled Dh5 million from various accounts using his colleague’s identity.
Acting on an account holder’s complaint that a large sum had disappeared from his account, the Dubai Police Criminal Investigation Deaprtment got cracking and narrowed down on the man identified as MA who was an employee of the bank for two years.
His modus operandi was to call the bank’s customers claiming to be the official responsible for securing their online and tele-banking modules.
Using a SIM card he fraudulently purchased with a colleague’s passport copy, after claiming he was buying the card for his friend, AM would tell customers that he needed to know their login details including the PIN number.
Gullible customers, who weren’t aware of the fact that no one can ever seek their PIN numbers, readily parted with the details to the smooth-talking man who sell the story that the bank was updating the account details.
After having gathered such personal details, he was able to use public internet café’s to transfer money from customers’ accounts to his own in an Asian country.
Lieutenant Colonel Salem Khalifa Al Rumaithi, Deputy Director of the CID praised the efforts of his team that succeeded in solving the case.