Man Jailed Five Years for BD12,000 Electronic Fraud
Court upholds prison term, fine, and deportation after victim was duped through fake reward link
TDT | Manama
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A Bahraini appeals court has upheld a five-year prison sentence against a man convicted of stealing more than BD12,000 through an electronic fraud scheme. The court also imposed a BD10,000 fine, an additional one-month jail term, ordered the confiscation of his mobile phone, and ruled that he be deported after serving his sentence.
According to court records, the defendant and an unidentified accomplice deceived a man in his fifties into entering his bank card details through a fake online reward and complaint process. The scam enabled the fraudsters to withdraw BD12,756 from the victim’s account.
Investigations found that the defendant activated a banking application linked to the victim’s account and received BD10,000 through six transfers on the day of the incident. Authorities also discovered that part of the stolen money was spent using credit cards and transferred to a cryptocurrency platform. Technical and financial evidence, including bank records and phone communications, supported the conviction.
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