Bank Employee Who Stole 183,000 Dinars from Clients Sentenced to 10 Years, Fined and Ordered to Repay 550,000
Criminal Court sentences bank employee to 10 years in prison and a 550,000 dinar fine for embezzling 183,000 dinars from clients, ordering full restitution.
Translated by Qiyas from الأنباء — Original source
A criminal court sentenced a Kuwaiti national, who works as a bank employee, to 10 years in prison, a fine, and an order to repay 550,000 dinars, after convicting him of misappropriating 183,000 dinars from customer funds, money laundering, and forgery. The case involved the defendant exploiting his position by misleading several borrowers into believing that financial fees were due, and then appropriating the amounts they paid before transferring them to accounts belonging to expatriates whose national ID cards he had kept, including some individuals residing abroad. The case came to light following investigations by the State Security Apparatus and a review by the bank’s legal department, which identified irregularities and suspicious financial transactions that led to the exposure of the incident and the referral of the accused to the judiciary.
