Domestic worker’s fraud case

TDT | Manama

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The First High Criminal Court has scheduled a hearing on September 15 in the case of a 39-year-old African domestic worker accused of stealing BD778 from her employer’s account using an online payment application.

During a court session yesterday, the defendant admitted to using her 60-year-old employer’s banking PIN to access the mobile payment app and transfer funds for fraudulent purposes.

The Public Prosecution charged her with unlawfully using the victim’s electronic signature, represented by the PIN, to gain access to the account and make unauthorised transfers.

Transfers

The money was allegedly passed on, in coordination with another person who received the transfers believing they were legitimate.

Investigations showed that the victim first noticed a suspicious BD180 transfer while checking her online payment account.

Further checks by her sister revealed four more unauthorised transactions, bringing the total amount to BD778.

The recipient of the funds told investigators she had received the transfers from the defendant and had returned the last payment.

Another witness confirmed the money was later handed over to the defendant’s relatives.

The defendant confessed that she exploited her employer’s absence while she was hospitalised, memorised the PIN, and transferred the funds under the pretext of renewing her residency in Bahrain.