Dubai Appeal acquits an employee of embezzling 148 thousand dirhams

The Dubai Court of Appeal overturned a prison sentence and fine against a religious employee by a court of first instance, on charges of embezzling an amount of 148 thousand dirhams from the company where he works, and ruled that he was acquitted.

The details of the case, as examined by the Misdemeanor Court, stated that the victim owned a women’s salon, and the accused pledged to bring workers to her, and received sums in installments totaling 148 thousand dirhams, but he did not carry out the work required of him, and seized the money and refused to return it, which prompted her to report it. About him.

The victim stated in the Public Prosecution’s investigations that she met the accused through an employee of hers who informed her that he was her neighbor in her country, and that she knew him closely. She pointed out that she met him and he told her that he could supply the necessary labor for her, and he asked her for a sum of money for the fees for obtaining the papers, in addition to his expenses. Personal, so I withdrew the amount from him.

She added that he contacted her later to request other sums to complete the procedures, until the sums he withdrew from her reached 148 thousand dirhams, and he promised to complete the task as soon as he returned from the country he was concerned with bringing workers from, then he began to procrastinate in answering the calls, until he blocked her and the employee who nominated him on the phone. her, and then disappeared.

While the prosecution witness stated that she had been working for the victim for years, and that the latter had decided to establish a women’s salon, she indicated that she was on vacation in her country, and met the accused, with whom she had a neighborly relationship, and agreed with him to bring workers, so he asked her to book a travel ticket and a hotel to stay in Dubai until… He can finish the job.

The witness added that he withdrew sums from the company to travel and bring workers, then returned again to the Emirates and waited, and informed the victim that the representative of the office in that country had come with him to complete the contracting procedures, and he asked to complete the required sums, which reached a total of 148 thousand dirhams, then he disappeared completely after that and was closed. His phone.

Upon questioning the accused in the arrest report and the Public Prosecution’s investigations, he denied the charge against him, and confirmed that he met the victim in a hotel, and only $1,000 was transferred to his account, the value of preparing a feasibility study for a dialysis unit, as she wanted to establish a hospital in an African country.

After examining the case by the court of first instance, it stated in the merits of its ruling that it was confident that the accusation against the accused was proven, and refrained from denying it, as it saw it as a means of warding off the accusation and a path of defense that was intended only to evade the consequences of the accusation, and it ruled that he be imprisoned for a month and fined him an amount of 148. One thousand dirhams.

In turn, the accused appealed the initial ruling before the Court of Appeal, and his legal representative submitted a memorandum in which he refuted the conviction ruling, and explained that his client insisted on denying it. After examining the case by the Court of Appeal, it overturned the initial ruling and ruled to acquit the employee of the charge against him.

. A woman accused him of obtaining the money to bring in workers, then he began to delay her until he blocked her by phone.