A MAN has been jailed for 10 years for fraud.
The 34-year-old Egyptian consultant is said to have embezzled BD5,865 from a lawyer’s office in 2018.
The female lawyer is said to have agreed with him to split the money if he found clients and wrote arguments for her to submit in court.
However, she found out that he was pocketing most of the money he received from clients and took money from a number of clients she was not aware of.
“The defendant carried out embezzlement and forgery in 2018,” read the court ruling.
“He was found guilty of the charges due to sufficient evidence against him and according to a forgery expert’s report.
“The victim said the defendant phoned her and asked to work in her law office in 2018.
“He told her he would bring her clients to her office and write arguments and she only needed to go to court to submit them to a judge.
“The defendant also told her he would split the money evenly with her.
“He then brought a number of people for the victim to defend.
“He gave her the money before she met a client who told her that he gave BD1,200 to the defendant.
“The victim was shocked because the defendant gave her only BD300.
“She also found out that he had pocketed a total of BD5,865.”
The defendant will be deported after completing his sentence.
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