Stolen cards used to pay BD50,000 in tax bills
TDT | Manama
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A fraudster used stolen bank cards from Asia to pay BD50,000 in tax bills for a Bahraini construction firm through the government’s own website before pocketing BD300 from a woman’s account.
He has been jailed for five years, fined BD5,000, and will be deported after serving his sentence.
The High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the original ruling, which found the 34-year-old Asian man guilty of using someone else’s bank card in Bahrain to buy crypto and withdraw cash.
He also paid a large sum in tax arrears on behalf of a local company using multiple cards taken from abroad.
Digital ID
Prosecutors said he had worked with unknown others to misuse another person’s digital ID and get into their account without permission.
He is also accused of tampering with the system to take money from the same victim.
A fraud specialist at an international card firm told the court that her team had spotted unusual payments tied to several cards issued in an Asian country.
These were used to settle tax dues through the government’s online portal.
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