A RECEPTIONIST is on trial for allegedly pocketing more than BD8,000 in a scam targeting Tamkeen.
The Bahraini, 38, appeared at the High Criminal Court yesterday for his first hearing, and denied theft and forgery.
The defendant, who was employed at a training academy, said his job was to document trainees and send their requests to Tamkeen.
However, he allegedly abused his position to forge several certificates belonging to sports clubs to enter on Tamkeen’s website to receive financial support, according to court documents.
The defendant is also said to have forged seven certificates which he claimed belonged to his workplace, that stated that he had received training courses at the academy.
In addition, he allegedly forged receipts belonging to the academy saying that he paid fees to his workplace, which he documented in Tamkeen, which helped him pocket BD8,235.
Officials at the academy found out about the fraud and reported him to authorities.
A supervision manager at Tamkeen described how he found out about the scam.
“We give financial support to several sports programmes at the academy,” the 47-year-old Bahraini told prosecutors.
“The defendant forged several certificates claiming they belonged to sports clubs that he had worked for. We received information about this from his workplace. In addition, he forged certificates that he passed training programmes at his work facility.
“He then managed to fraudulently receive BD8,235 from Tamkeen.”
The trial has been adjourned until Sunday for review.
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