Driver, petrol station staff accused of embezzlement

dubai — Two petrol station employees allegedly embezzled more than Dh58,000 worth of fuel in cash after misusing a card given to them by a driver.

The two men, a Nepali and a Filipino, aged 24 and 34, are standing trial in absentia in the Court of First Instance. They allegedly managed to embezzle money on different occasions after tampering with electronic receipts pertaining to more than 30 fuel purchase transactions.

Each driver is given a car and a card to buy fuel. He denied any excessive use by him of the card and alleged it was lost.” Witness account

The Pakistani driver, 37, is accused of embezzling thousands of dirhams by abusing trust and misusing a fuel refilling card. He is allegedly responsible for illegal transactions done with his card which was given to him to use for work-related trips. He is accused of aiding and abetting the two station staff in the forgery offence.

The driver denied in court charges of embezzlement of public money, and criminal complicity in forgery of e-receipts and use of forged e-documents.

An Indian supervisor of 400 drivers operating under a group of companies said the Pakistani driver had been working with them for three years. “Each driver is given a car and a card to buy fuel. In May 2016, we received an accounting report for the first quarter of the year that more than Dh15,000 was used on the driver’s card, which was a large and illogical amount.”

A detailed statement showed he was responsible for 87 wrongful transactions.

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