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Gulf Insider
03-04-2025
- Business
- Gulf Insider
Six-Month Sentence Upheld Over Forged BD19,000 Invoice Scam
A forged invoice and a foiled attempt to pocket over BD19,000 have put two men behind bars after Bahrain's top criminal appeals court upheld their six-month prison terms and ordered their deportation. The court also ruled to confiscate the doctored invoice, which had been emailed to the client firm under the pretense that it was a genuine record of purchase. Forgery Scheme The first defendant worked for a company handling electrical work and contracting. He was responsible for taking drawings from clients, calculating material needs, obtaining quotes, and arranging supplies. Instead, he conspired with a colleague to create a fake invoice. Using design software, they manipulated the figures and padded the list with extra equipment to push up the total. Foiled Attempt They sent the altered invoice to the client, hoping to pass it off as legitimate. The goal was to extract BD19,147.177-significantly more than the originally agreed amount. However, their scheme was uncovered before any money changed hands. The deception was spotted in time, cutting their plan short before it could be carried through. Also read: Court Dismisses BD5,500 Claim Over Cracked Walls Mohammed Darwish
Daily Tribune
02-04-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Six-Month Sentence Upheld Over Forged BD19,000 Invoice Scam
TDT | Manama Email : A forged invoice and a foiled attempt to pocket over BD19,000 have put two men behind bars after Bahrain's top criminal appeals court upheld their six-month prison terms and ordered their deportation. The court also ruled to confiscate the doctored invoice, which had been emailed to the client firm under the pretense that it was a genuine record of purchase. Forgery Scheme The first defendant worked for a company handling electrical work and contracting. He was responsible for taking drawings from clients, calculating material needs, obtaining quotes, and arranging supplies. Instead, he conspired with a colleague to create a fake invoice. Using design software, they manipulated the figures and padded the list with extra equipment to push up the total. Foiled Attempt They sent the altered invoice to the client, hoping to pass it off as legitimate. The goal was to extract BD19,147.177—significantly more than the originally agreed amount. However, their scheme was uncovered before any money changed hands. The deception was spotted in time, cutting their plan short before it could be carried through.
Daily Tribune
27-03-2025
- Daily Tribune
Fake ‘Quranic healer' jailed for land and money scam
A self-styled charlatan who claimed he could lift curses with 'blessed' honey and water has been jailed for five years after persuading a Bahraini couple to hand over their land, cars, cash and gold. The man, in his thirties, posed as a Quranic healer. He convinced his victims their property was bewitched and had to be transferred to his name to break the spell. Spiritual treatment He also demanded BD19,000 for supposed spiritual treatment, took gold jewellery worth BD7,000 from the wife, and drove off with two vehicles. Lawyer Zahraa Fardan, representing the victims, said she filed the laundering case precisely because the land had been sold and the money disappeared. 'He took the land, sold it, and the money vanished,' she said. 'The car in his name was actually paid for by my client.' Fardan said Public Prosecution accepted the conviction but objected to the seizure of the BD41,700 and the vehicles, arguing they belonged to the victims and should not be taken. The court agreed and cancelled the confiscation. The Appeals Court upheld his conviction for laundering the money he gained through fraud, and fined him BD50,000. Ruling However, judges cancelled an earlier ruling that had ordered the confiscation of BD41,700.411 and the two cars, deciding instead that they rightfully belonged to the victims. A separate civil case has been referred to determine compensation. As reported by The Daily Tribune last November, the case first came to light last year when the victims described how they were duped into believing their land was cursed and could only be 'cleansed' by handing it over.
