Airline manager guilty of embezzlement

TDT | Manama

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The Cassation Court has upheld a conviction against a former airline manager for embezzlement. The manager, who worked for a private company, was found guilty of increasing his own salary by manipulating the company’s account with the Social Insurance Organisation (SIO).

The Court of Cassation affirmed a sentence, albeit with modifications made at the appeals stage. The manager had initially received a three-year prison sentence from the High Criminal Court. However, the High Appeals Court reduced the sentence to one year and ordered the restitution of BD1,482 to the affected company

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As per the case details, the manager, employed as an airline manager until 2019, exploited his access to the company’s GOSI online system. Between 2015 and 2019, he increased his monthly salary from BD1,752 to BD1,855, a difference of BD103.