Expat steals over Dh48,000 from petrol station, f lees UAE

dubai — A Dubai expat had stood trial at the Court of First Instance on the charge of embezzling over Dh48,000 from a petrol station.

Dubai public prosecution records show that the 34-year-old Indian man misappropriated Dh48,825, two days after he returned from his leave. With his passport still with him, he took the money and fled the UAE.

The alleged theft took place as he worked as a supervisor at the petrol station and handled part of the revenues.

He has been charged with embezzlement of funds of a public entity. The case dates back to August 11 and was registered at Al Qusais police station.

A manager at the plaintiff ’s firm said the accused had been working there for 10 years and was promoted to a customer service assistant role. “His duties would include being an administrative and technical supervisor. He would also collect part of the daily revenues from the petrol station workers and the supermarket staff and those of the internal restaurants. He would keep the funds and later hand them over to the right staff to deposit it at the bank.”

On August 11, the defendant opened the safe at his workplace and took a total of Dh48,825 and fled the scene. When the supervisor for the next shift arrived, he was given the safe key but did not receive the revenues with a signed statement of the daily sale.

The other shift supervisor checked and counted the money left in the safe after his colleague’s departure and then compared it with the sale records in the system.

He found that the defendant had taken the revenues collected during his shift instead of handing them over to him, records showed.

The administration was not able to reach the accused as they discovered that he fled the UAE right after stealing the amount. He had returned from a leave just two days earlier and seized the opportunity that his passport was still with him to travel out of the country after carrying out the theft, the firm said.

The next hearing will be on November 10.

His duties included collecting part of the daily revenues from the petrol station workers and the supermarket staff. He would keep the funds and later hand them over.” Manager at the firm