Pinoy gets 1 year jail term for stealing more than Dh31,500 in UAE

A United Arab Emirates court has sentenced a Filipino to one year in jail for stealing more than Dh31,500 while he worked at an auto parts shop at a gas station.
 
The Dubai Court of First Instance also ordered the Filipino, 38, to pay a fine in the amount of Dh31,500 fine, even as it decreed that he be deported after he serves his prison term.
 
But the verdict can still be appealed within 15 days, news site Khaleej Times reported on Monday.
 
The Filipino had been on trial for forgery and embezzlement of public funds, after an auditor noticed financial irregularities from September to October last year.
 
At the time, the Filipino was placed in charge when the store’s manager was on annual leave.
 
Following the discovery, the Filipino was suspended from work pending an internal probe, during which the auditor found a deficit of Dh31,500.
 
Prosecution records showed the Filipino was placed in charge of a shop selling tires, batteries, oil and other auto parts.
 
Investigation showed he tampered with the shop's electronic system and revised revenue figures to embezzle Dh31,500.
 
The shop's Indian auditor testified the Filipino was assigned with collecting sale revenues and turning them over to a local bank daily.
 
He allegedly embezzled Dh7,355 of Dh8,000 he was entrusted with to handle the shop's expenses.
 
The Filipino confessed to the auditor via a written acknoledgment that he used the money in providing for his sick mother back home. The acknowledgement was among the evidence in the case.
 
Investigation also showed the Filipino sold tires and other services without recording the transactions, or falsified electronic data to show an increase in revenues on payments by credit cards and decrease the revenues on payments by cash.
 
He was also found to have only two invoices, when he was supposed to keep receipts and invoices of sales. —KG, GMA News

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