UAE civil servant will go to jail and pay a fine of 2.2 million dirhams for fraud with accountable money.
In the UAE, a civil servant was convicted of embezzlement, he collected transport duties, but did not transfer the money received to the employer. The swindler was fined 2.2 million dirhams and imprisoned for three months. The court also decided to return all funds misappropriated illegally to the treasury.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Supreme Court upheld the decisions of lower courts that found the citizen guilty of embezzlement of state funds.
According to official court documents, a citizen who worked in the Department of Public Works in Al-Dhaid since 2010 was responsible for collecting tolls from trucks in the area.
The investigation found that the defendant issued hundreds of receipts for a total of 2.2 million dirhams, but did not transfer the money received to the relevant persons in accordance with his official duties.
According to the authorities, the defendant spent fraudulently bought money to buy luxury cars, including two Tahoe SUVs for himself, Range Rover for his wife, and the fraudster was buying jewelry.
A federal court of first instance in Sharjah sentenced a citizen to three years in prison and fined him 2.2 million dirhams after convicting him. In addition to this, the defendant was ordered to pay the amount appropriated illegally.
The convict challenged the decision in the Court of Appeal, however, the court upheld the verdict handed down by the trial court, reducing the term of imprisonment to three months. The court of appeal also ordered the fraudster to pay a fine of AED 2.2 million and return the money appropriated.
After which the citizen appealed to the Supreme Court of the UAE, which in turn also upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal.
