Banker sentenced for embezzling clients’ funds

TDT | Manama

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The First High Criminal Court has sentenced a 30-year-old Bahraini bank employee to five years in prison, fined him BD10,000, and ordered repayment of BD136,575.422 after convicting him of embezzling clients’ funds by exploiting his job privileges and targeting elderly customers.

Court records indicate that the case began when a police captain received information about an individual attempting to open bank accounts in the names of three people using deceptive methods.

Investigations revealed that the suspect, later identified as the defendant, had successfully opened one of the accounts, with surveillance footage capturing him at the same bank branch.

Farm

In one instance, the account-opening process took place at a farm, where both audio recordings and partial footage of the suspect’s vehicle were obtained.

Authorities subsequently traced BD60,000 belonging to one of the victims.

The investigation further showed that the defendant had used voice-changing software to impersonate clients and complete account-opening procedures remotely. The software was discovered on his mobile phone.

Most of the victims were elderly and unfamiliar with digital banking or financial procedures, making them particularly vulnerable to the fraud.