The First High Criminal Court sentenced a person to 5 years in prison, a fine of 500 dinars, and final deportation from the country after serving the sentence. In addition to the remaining amount of the price of his meal in valid Bahraini currency, until his matter was exposed by a cashier in one of the stores.
Details indicate that while the worker was on duty as a catering employee in a restaurant; He received a phone call from an Asian man asking him to prepare a dinner meal worth 7 dinars and 600 fils. The worker asked the man to provide him with the address of the residence to which the order would be delivered, but the man did not give him any information and told him that he would send him the location later via the WhatsApp application. The man also told him that he did not have the “Benefit” application to send the amount and that he would hand him the amount in cash upon his arrival, and that what he had was only 500 Saudi riyals and that he did not have “change” or other amounts. The man asked the worker to bring the remaining amount with him, and after The worker prepared dinner for the man; He went to the location that the man had provided him via WhatsApp and called him to ask him for the building and apartment number. The man told him that he would come to him at the location where he stopped to receive the meal from him instead of coming to his residence. Indeed, the man came to the worker and received the meal from him and handed him a 500 Saudi riyal banknote. In turn, the worker gave him the remaining amount of 42 dinars and 400 fils in Bahraini currency, and the man gave; The worker was given 400 fils as a tip for his service, so the worker left the place. The next day, the worker went to a market to buy some supplies for the restaurant. When he finished, he went to the cashier to pay and presented him with the paper currency he had received the previous day from the man. However, he was surprised when the cashier told him That the Saudi currency was counterfeit, and therefore the worker informed the restaurant owner of what had happened, and accordingly the restaurant owner filed a report about the incident.
For its part, the competent authorities began investigating the incident and were able to identify the man and issue a warrant for his arrest, and after police officers were able to arrest him; They searched him and found in his possession 3 banknotes of 500 riyals that were also suspected to be counterfeit. Accordingly, they seized the amount in order to complete the evidentiary and investigation procedures. By asking the man about the source of the bills, he admitted to them that he was receiving these counterfeit bills from people, and the police officers accompanied him to the areas he claimed. The man met people there and they handed him the counterfeit currencies, and there they discovered that the man was lying and evading, especially since he pointed to one of the cars in the place and told them that it belonged to him. When this was confirmed, the police found out that the car belonged to a woman who had nothing to do with the incident, and when the police asked the man About the nature of his work; He told them that he works in a car wash, but when they looked at his physical appearance, they did not notice any evidence that he works in a car wash, and so the police asked him to guide them to his bicycle, which he uses to move between areas, but he did not do so.
With the competent authorities intensifying research and investigation into the incident; I concluded that the man was the perpetrator of the incident and that what he claims about the presence of other people is nothing but a lie to escape punishment, and that he is fully aware and fully aware that the currencies in his possession are counterfeit and he uses them in the country by ordering food from restaurants and handing the workers the counterfeit currencies, and in exchange for them, he seizes sums of money. Healthy finances and meals.
When the man was interrogated during the Public Prosecution’s investigations, he admitted the truth of the incident, and admitted that he was able to deceive the restaurant worker and gave him the counterfeit currency, and in return he obtained the remaining amount of the price of his meal in valid Bahraini currency. By searching his private phone, the competent authorities were able to obtain pictures of sums of money, foreign currencies, and a set of menus. Especially in different restaurants, and by presenting the currencies to the forgery and counterfeiting expert, he found out that the process of counterfeiting currencies was proven true in a precise technical manner.
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