The First High Criminal Court sentenced a person to 3 years in prison, a fine of 1,000 dinars, and final deportation from the country after serving the sentence. .
Details indicate that the victim received a phone call from an unknown person (of Asian nationality) claiming to be an employee at the Ministry of Health, asking him to update his personal data in the “Aware Society” application by giving the thief the verification number given to him in the text message sent to him, and in turn the citizen responded. He asked the thief and gave him the verification number received, but he was surprised that an amount of 1,430 dinars had been withdrawn from his bank account, so the citizen filed a report about the incident.
By conducting the necessary investigations into the incident by the Department of Combating Economic Crimes, the Department reached the veracity of proving the incident, and it became clear to it through contacting the exchange company and the bank with which the citizen deals that the aforementioned amount of money had been withdrawn from the citizen’s account and deposited in another person’s account, and the latter transferred the amount of 800. One of the dinars was transferred outside Bahrain through one of the exchange companies, and he transferred 630 dinars through the “Benefit” application to one of the people in Bahrain.
During interrogation of the accused in the Public Prosecution’s investigations, he admitted how he deceived the victim and stole his money, stating that he agreed with a friend of his to open a bank account for him to deposit the sums of money obtained from the fraudulent acts in exchange for a commission of 100 dinars for each transfer, adding that he deposited an amount of 630 dinars in his friend’s account. In batches, asking him to withdraw the cash amount from the ATM and give it to him; Because he claimed there was a problem with his bank card.
