Employee accused of stealing Dh900,000 from bank in Kalba

Arab woman was charged by prosecutors after two VIP account holders complained of cash missing from their accounts.

SHARJAH // An Arab woman has been accused of defrauding the bank she works for to the tune of almost Dh900,000.

Kalba and Dibba Al Fujairah prosecutors investigated after two VIP account holders at the bank filed complaints about money missing from their accounts.

The woman was charged in Kalba with forging cash receipts and fraud but she denied both charges and is now on bail awaiting trial.

The signature on both receipts was sent to an expert for analysis but the handwriting turned out to be different from that of the accused.

An employee at the bank testified that the accused had asked him to withdraw Dh600,000 and another sum of Dh295,000, while telling him that the client was waiting in her car outside the bank and that she was in a hurry.

The amounts were withdrawn but never made it to the account holders.