4 salesmen accused of duping telecom firm

dubai — A Pakistani employee of a company that was in a contractual agreement with a telecom provider, was charged in absentia in a Dubai court with fraudulently availing of Dh188,720 worth of services for himself and others.

The ex-employee allegedly used his privilege access to the esystem to forge as many as 60 application forms for post-paid numbers and 60 smart phones. He faked signatures on 49 forms while he issued 11 forms in his own name.

He has been charged in the Court of First Instance with forgery and intentionally damaging his workplace interests and incurring them bills worth Dh188,720.

Another Indian sales staff has also been accused in absentia of forging 37 application forms for post- paid numbers and 37 mobile phones and unlawfully availing of Dh120,460 worth of telecom services. Another Indian salesperson, aged 40, has been accused of similar forgery and embezzlement, incurring bills of Dh98,687.

A fourth sales executive, a 23-year-old from Pakistan, is accused of fraudulently availing of Dh55,427 worth of telecom services through forgery and fraud and by abusing his post and user access to the system.

The case dates back to between May and July 2014.

The company, where the four accused worked, had an agreement with the telecom provider to sell its services.

Their duties included dealing with customers and completing the application forms after the necessary customer documents were submitted (ID or passport with valid residency visa, salary certificate and credit card). The instructions and regulations were to hand over the services and devices to the customers once the documents were verified and after collecting the due fees while saving customers’ details in the system.

However, according to public prosecution records, the four men breached their duties and abused their powers and their company’s trust to log into the e-system and forge applications and fake signatures for their own benefit.

All the four former staff were charged with embezzlement of a public corporation funds, intentionally damaging public funds, failing to preserve the interests of their workplace to make personal profits and forgery in addition to the felony of unlawfully availing of Dh463,294 worth of telecom services.

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