Three people have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the High Criminal Court for unlawfully obtaining more than BD50,000 by forging official records and submitting false information through the electronic systems of Tamkeen and the Social Insurance Organisation (SIO).
Two others received jail terms of undisclosed duration for their roles in the same case.
All five were also fined amounts ranging from BD1,000 to BD20,000. Items related to the case have been seized by authorities.
The defendants, whose ages, nationalities and genders were not disclosed, were found guilty of forging private documents and using them to fraudulently obtain funds from the two entities.
According to the Public Prosecution, the case came to light following a report from Tamkeen indicating that several company owners had illegally secured financial aid from the wage support programme using forged documents.
Investigations revealed that the defendants manipulated electronic records by adding and removing insured individuals in the system to gain undue benefits from social insurance schemes.
This led to fictitious employment records being created for certain individuals, enabling them to unlawfully receive retirement pensions, end-of-service benefits and lump-sum compensation payments.
The accused were subsequently referred to the High Criminal Court, which sentenced them to jail.
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