An Arab woman has been arrested for stealing AED11 million from a government organisation, the Abu Dhabi Police announced.
According to Gulf News, the 33-year-old suspect had stolen the funds and lavished them on a man with whom she was in a relationship. Seven years younger than the suspect, the man had promised to marry her, even though it turned out that he was already married.
Abu Dhabi Police deputy director of criminal investigation Colonel Tariq Al Ghoul said that the suspect used the funds to pay her lover’s debts, buy luxurious cars for him, purchase special licence plates for his and his brother’s cars, book first-class air tickets to Europe, and even buy expensive watches and trinkets for him and his family. She also gifted him some of the stolen funds.
Colonel Al Ghoul added that the Arab national had exploited her role as the director of a customer services department to embezzle AED11 million.
The case has now been referred to the courts.