SBG 262/2014

This case involved whether there was sufficient evidence of the crime of forgery when it was claimed an employee's details were changed.

Background

The General Prosecutor stated that an investigation with the defendants had led to accusing them of participating in forging and using official documents. This action was punishable under the Penal Law regarding forgery. The General Prosecutor therefore requested punishing the defendant pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 of Penal Law regarding forgery..

The defendants denied the charge and said that they are unaware that the documents were forged and they had no interest in doing so.

Decision

The court said that the charge against them was not substantiated in regards to the first defendant. The occupational details provided showed that he had been dismissed from his job and this matched his statement. There was no objection against changing his profession and as such there was no motive to forge because he was not employed by the government and did not issue these forged documents. The first defendant mentioned that he had requested the second defendant to complete his procedures using another person that he knew and the second defendant had admitted this.