Bahrain court rejects appeal of public service employee held for embezzling BD8,000
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
A public firm employee convicted of embezzling more than BD8,000 in government funds has had his appeal against the three-year jail term rejected by a Bahraini court.
Police had arrested the suspect on charges of forging documents to fake participation in seven training programmes to pocket BD8,000.
Public Prosecution ordered an investigation and later an arrest warrant against him based on a tip-off from his workplace on the misappropriation of funds.
Police found that the documents submitted by the suspect were all fake.
Besides, during interrogation, the suspect also confessed to his crimes.
He told prosecutors that he took advantage of his official post to forge documents and pocket the fund given out as support for enrolling in training programmes.
This way, he said, he managed to takehome BD8,235 from the exchequer.
Prosecutors pressed charges also taking into account witness testimonies, including that of his colleagues, confirming the forgery.
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