Nurse accused of taking BD25,000 from disabled man using phone

TDT | Manama

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A nurse accused of draining BD25,000.750 from the bank account of a disabled Bahraini man by using his mobile phone has appeared before the High Criminal Court. The court heard she allegedly moved the cash from his account to her own phone, then sent it on to an account in her Asian home country.

Prosecutors said BD3,500 was later paid back after the transfers were spotted, leaving the rest unpaid.

Hearing

High Criminal Court adjourned hearing the case to 20 January so the defendant can be brought from custody and her lawyer can present a defence.

The Public Prosecution claims the defendant used the victim’s electronic signature, a verification code tied to the money transfer service linked to his bank account, to carry out the transfers.

She is also accused of accessing his money transfer app account without legal right and entering authentication details to complete the transactions.

The case came to light after the victim’s son checked his father’s bank activity and found large transfers made between September and October 2025, the court was told.

Money

The money, totalling BD25,000.750, went to the account of the worker employed as his father’s nurse.

Prosecutors said the defendant admitted taking the man’s phone without his knowledge, sending the money in instalments to her account in Bahrain and then transferring the full amount abroad.

A report from the transfer service, submitted to the court, said the transactions were carried out using the victim’s phone, that the device linked to the transfers belonged to the defendant, and that the onetime codes needed to finish the transfers were sent to her own number.