Two Asian men jailed in Bahrain for embezzling woman’s money through scam call

TDT | Manama                                                         

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The trial of two Asian men who defrauded a woman and stole more than BD1,000 from her bank account after one of them posed as a financial agent has begun at the High Criminal Court.

The victim called the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic & Electronic Security Control Department to report that she had been contacted by an employee who claimed to be a representative of a financial company and asked for her bank card information in order to update it.

“He told me that my card would be suspended if I don’t get it updated. I got scared, so I agreed to his request. However, within the next minute, I received a message indicating that BD1,100 had been withdrawn from my account,” the victim said.

Following the completion of the necessary investigations, one of the accused was apprehended. He had helped seize the victims’ money before sending it to another man in an Asian country. The second defendant, whose job it was to identify the victims, assisted him.

When questioned about the incident, the first defendant denied all accusations and stated that the second defendant had asked him to download a financial exchange program two days prior to his arrest.

“He told me that I would receive two messages with a certain sum of money. All I had to do was send the amount to someone living abroad,” the defendant explained. The Public Prosecution charged both defendants with forgery and fraud.