DUBAI // A financial manager who embezzled more than Dh1 million from the bank where he worked and then fled the country was on Sunday sentenced to five years in jail.
Dubai Criminal Court also ordered Palestinian A S, 41, to pay back Dh201,000 to Samba Bank and another Dh500 in lawyers’ fees.
A S, who was not in court to enter a plea at his trial in January and is still at large, had opened five accounts under his name at other banks, before issuing five cheques totalling Dh1,012,800 to himself from Samba Bank.
N A, 39, an Emirati section head at the bank, testified that in July 2010, A S was acting suspiciously and had taken two unreported leave days.
“I had the auditing team double check his work and then they discovered the embezzlement,” he said. By the time the fraud was discovered, A S had left the country.
“We tried to call him several times to solve the issue but his phone was turned off, therefore we reported him to police,” said N A.
A B, 38, the head of internal audit department at Samba Bank, said he had carried out the auditing of A S’s work.
He said A S had managed to embezzle the money as his job involved clearing cheques.
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Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan, is one of Bollywood’s most legendary screenwriters. Through his partnership with co-writer Javed Akhtar, Salim is credited with having paved the path for the Indian film industry’s blockbuster format in the 1970s. Something his son now rules the roost of. More importantly, the Salim-Javed duo also created the persona of the “angry young man” for Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the 1970s, reflecting the angst of the average Indian. In choosing to be the ordinary man’s “hero” as opposed to a thespian in new Bollywood, Salman Khan remains tightly linked to his father’s oeuvre. Thanks dad.
UAE v Gibraltar
What: International friendly
When: 7pm kick off
Where: Rugby Park, Dubai Sports City
Admission: Free
Online: The match will be broadcast live on Dubai Exiles’ Facebook page
UAE squad: Lucas Waddington (Dubai Exiles), Gio Fourie (Exiles), Craig Nutt (Abu Dhabi Harlequins), Phil Brady (Harlequins), Daniel Perry (Dubai Hurricanes), Esekaia Dranibota (Harlequins), Matt Mills (Exiles), Jaen Botes (Exiles), Kristian Stinson (Exiles), Murray Reason (Abu Dhabi Saracens), Dave Knight (Hurricanes), Ross Samson (Jebel Ali Dragons), DuRandt Gerber (Exiles), Saki Naisau (Dragons), Andrew Powell (Hurricanes), Emosi Vacanau (Harlequins), Niko Volavola (Dragons), Matt Richards (Dragons), Luke Stevenson (Harlequins), Josh Ives (Dubai Sports City Eagles), Sean Stevens (Saracens), Thinus Steyn (Exiles)
