[Kuwait] Expat accountant to be prosecuted for theft

Kuwait’s Criminal Security Sector has referred an expatriate accountant to the Public Prosecution. He is alleged to have embezzled 56,000 dinars from his employer by approving cheques for purchase orders and then transferring the funds to his account, Arab Times reports.

Monitoring of the accountant’s bank transactions revealed that he transferred large sums of money from his account to his homeland, according to reporting from Al-Anba Daily.

A security source reportedly told the publication that information received by the Criminal Investigation Department shows that an expatriate working as an accountant in an educational agency forged a purchase document and then transferred the value of the cheques to his account. 

The source added that further investigations were conducted, which concluded that the expatriate was involved in embezzlement and breach of trust. Permission was subsequently obtained from the prosecution and the accused was arrested. 

The expat accountant reportedly admitted, during the investigation, that in the past few years, he had been submitting purchase orders, signing cheques and transferring them back to his account.

Source: Arab Times

Kuwait’s Criminal Security Sector has referred an expatriate accountant to the Public Prosecution. He is alleged to have embezzled 56,000 dinars from his employer by approving cheques for purchase orders and then transferring the funds to his account, Arab Times reports.

Monitoring of the accountant’s bank transactions revealed that he transferred large sums of money from his account to his homeland, according to reporting from Al-Anba Daily.

A security source reportedly told the publication that information received by the Criminal Investigation Department shows that an expatriate working as an accountant in an educational agency forged a purchase document and then transferred the value of the cheques to his account. 

The source added that further investigations were conducted, which concluded that the expatriate was involved in embezzlement and breach of trust. Permission was subsequently obtained from the prosecution and the accused was arrested. 

The expat accountant reportedly admitted, during the investigation, that in the past few years, he had been submitting purchase orders, signing cheques and transferring them back to his account.

Source: Arab Times