Lawyer claims to be framed by employer-partner

An Indian lawyer allegedly stole from his employer Dh80,200 and deposited it into his bank account, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

Saif Saeed Rashid, 40, Emirati, lawyer, owner of the advocacy group, testified that the accused SJT, 30, is an employee, earning a monthly salary of  Dh10,000 in addition to commission in some cases… his responsibility is to provide legal consultancy to clients in addition to following up their affairs only from legal technical perspective.

“SJT has nothing to do with the client’s financial affairs as there were other employees who carry out the financial obligations of the clients. The accused issued an invoice that carried his name of Dh80,200 value. He sent the invoice to one of the group’s clients who in turn transferred the amount to the bank account number stated in the invoice… It was his personal bank account number,”  he testified.

A Filipina clerk and accountant in the office who was the only one authorised to collect bills and issue invoices and cash repeated the same testimony.

“On March 3 the accused issued an invoice in his name and did not carry any information of the group. The invoice was against him following up the client’s case,” she said.

Before the court presided by Junde Hamad Abdullatif, SJT denied the accusation and his defence lawyer suspected the basis of the case saying that the money represented his client’s share of business as partner.

“The case was filed after his client asked to be released from the partnership,” the lawyer defended.

The court will reconvene on November 3.
 

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