DUBAI // A bank employee is standing trial on charges of unlawfully obtaining Dh36,396 from a customer's bank account after transferring it to his own, a Dubai court heard this morning.
The prosecution charged the defendant, MO, 26, from Pakistan, with misusing his work privileges and transferring the money to an account in Pakistan through Bank Net. He allegedly used the customer's confidential data, having access to it as a bank employee.
He failed to show before the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance today.
The employee was also accused of forging an official document and using it to obtain an Etisalat mobile phone SIM card, prosecutors said.
According to court records, he filled out an application to get a SIM card, and wrote inaccurate information before he signed under the name of a different person.
Prosecutors said he used the forged document and submitted it to a salesman at an Etisalat SIM card shop, records show.
The victim, PA, told prosecutors that on June 7 last year, he received a phone call from the defendant, with the caller claiming that the bank was updating account information.
PA said the defendant told him his ATM card had been deactivated, and helped him apply for another one. PA said that during the process, PA asked for his password, and told him not to worry because the card would be renewed.
He said that 20 days later, he received his new ATM card. But when he tried to withdraw some cash, he found that his account was empty, according to his testimony in court records.
The next hearing was scheduled for May 9 to summon the defendant.
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