Deferral of seizure of 635 million dirhams from a bank to 12 December

The Abu Dhabi Appellate Court (Abu Dhabi Appeal Court) heard appeals from 28 US, European and Asian nationals found guilty of seizing $ 635 million. AED from a bank operating in the UAE. In December, to respond to requests from defense lawyers.

Twenty-two people, including one woman, were absent, along with twelve lawyers, including attorney Mohammed al-Khazraji, Tareq al-Sarkal, Ali Hammadi, Hadia Hammad and Mariam al-Shamsi, who asked the court to dismiss the charges. assist the bank officials who transferred the funds. And to bring in new witnesses of exile, who have never heard the testimony of the Court.

While Hassan al-Mulla, Abeer Dahmani and five other defendants presented their defense case, asking the court to rule on their acquittal.

The details of the case support the failure of the Treasury Department of Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigations, to trace a criminal plot to seize 635 millions of AED from the account of one of the banks operating in the country, using the means of information technology.

The investigation revealed that bank employees had reported to the central bank an unusual withdrawal from the bank account, the court of appeal ordered the freezing of withdrawn funds to demonstrate that an employee had accessed to the electronic system of the bank with the help of a password. And used to transfer various amounts, for a total amount of 635 million AED, to the accounts of five companies in five different banks.

The transfer of funds was implemented through the execution of transfer orders in the morning, once the electronic system was opened, and monitored after the warning of the lack of stock on the the victim's bank account due to daylight saving time. Funds on account.

And, after tracking the amounts transferred, it turned out that these amounts had been transferred to five companies, the president and several sub-corporations, at the headquarters of various offices in the United Arab Emirates, as revealed by investigations, existence of neurological work to link bank employees to these key companies, with another sub-ratio of the amount per party.

The public prosecutor's office made a decision on the booking and freezing of funds transferred from the accounts, in addition to issuing a control order for 6,000 mobile phones.