Private company staff on trial in Bahrain for forging salary records on GOSI

TDT | Manama

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An ex-employee of a private company is on trial at the High Criminal Court for forging salary records on General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI) to take undue advantage of retirement benefits.

The crime came to light when GOSI officials grew suspicious of the unusual salary hikes the suspect was receiving. Officials who contacted the company for verification found that the hikes were not authorised.

According to court files, the suspect updated his salary packages on the GOSI website on three occasions, raising it from BD1950 to BD3,300 by misusing the company’s access to the GOSI portal.

The suspect had the authorisation of the company to access the GOSI portal on their behalf. GOSI officials found that the suspect updated his salary on their account as BD2,100 at first. He then kept it like that for a year before reporting another hike.

The next hike was to BD2,774. Afterwards, the company sacked him for undisclosed reasons. However, the company did not rescind his access to the portal. Spotting the flaw, the suspect made good use of this opportunity by logging in again to upgrade his salary details, this time to BD3,300, before applying for retirement benefits.

Investigators found that the suspect was aiming for a hefty retirement package through the wrongdoings.