Court to review alleged forged resignations

The High Criminal Court in Bahrain has set May 12 for a defence hearing in the case of a man convicted of involvement in allegedly fraudulent electronic resignations and document forgery.

The African defendant is appealing a five-year prison sentence, a 5,000 Bahraini dinar fine, deportation upon completion of his sentence, and the confiscation of forged documents.

The case centres on a security company employee accused of exploiting the limited English proficiency of five Bahraini workers. According to case details, he allegedly misled them into believing that English-language text messages containing verification codes related to a change in work location, when the codes were actually used to submit resignation requests without their knowledge.

The Public Prosecution said the offences occurred in December 2024, when the defendant allegedly used electronic verification codes assigned to the victims and authorised for company systems. He is also accused of conspiring with another employee to enter false data into a Ministry of Labour information system.

Prosecutors further allege that the defendant forged resignation letters in the victims’ names, electronically signing them without consent and submitting them as official documents to the ministry.

The affected workers subsequently lodged complaints, claiming the resignations were not made of their own free will.