SCA 34228887/20112
Type
Case
Court
Saudi Arabian Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
Criminal Evidence, General Employment & Labour Law
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
10 Dec 2012
Catchwords
Confession – Evidence – Forgery – Cheques
This dispute involved money which it was claimed had been taken from a company bank account as a result of cheque forgery by four employees who were given prison sentences by the Board of Grievances. Only two of the employees were requested by the general court to pay back the money. Both these employees had confessed to the crime, whereas the other two had not. Amounts detailed in their confessions were used to establish the amounts they should pay back.
Background
A company's representative claimed that employees had taken sums of money from the company bank account by forging signatures on cheques. The company's representative claimed the employees had taken 3,449,000 Riyals as a result of this forgery. The Board of Grievances issued a judgment on the culpability of four employees who admitted having forged two cheques and cashed them from the bank to their own account. They were sentenced to jail for two years and given a fine of 5000 Riyals.
Some of the employees denied the charges while two of them admitted they had cashed these cheques and the money had been given to a third party who had given them a share.
Decision