Two convicted of embezzling passenger money
TDT | Manama
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The High Criminal Court has sentenced two public employees to five years in prison each after convicting them of abusing their positions and embezzling money from a passenger at Bahrain International Airport, the Deputy Head of the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Prosecution announced.
The court also fined each defendant 3,500 Saudi riyals, or its equivalent in Bahraini dinars, and ordered them to repay the same amount to the victim.
According to the prosecution, the case began after a complaint was filed with the Public Prosecution by the General Directorate for Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security.
The victim reported that while he was at Bahrain International Airport, the two defendants stopped him, took him to a restroom closed for maintenance, and searched him.
After he later counted his money at the boarding gate, he discovered that part of it was missing.
The passenger returned to Bahrain and filed a formal complaint. The defendants were summoned by their employer.
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