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Gulf Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Gulf Today
Employee steals Dhs119,000 from workplace in UAE, told to return the money
The Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court ordered an employee to pay Dhs119,965 to his employer . It was established that the accused had accumulated monetary sums during the period of his employment, yet he had not disbursed the aforementioned amounts. Specifically, a company initiated legal proceedings against an individual who had previously been employed by it. The final requests made by the plaintiff were limited to a ruling obliging the defendant to return the sums he had embezzled, amounting to Dhs128,966. The plaintiff also requested the costs of issuing a consulting report detailing the sums embezzled, legal interest at a rate of 5 per cent from the date of the lawsuit until full payment, and fees, expenses, and attorneys' fees. The company initiated legal proceedings on the basis that the employee had been employed by it for approximately nine years, receiving a total monthly salary of Dhs5,500, with a basic monthly salary of Dhs3,300. The termination of the employment relationship had indeed occurred, however, the employee had declined to remunerate the company accordingly. The Court ordered the assignment of an expert to audit the accounts, the results of which were submitted in a report. The report concluded that the employee had owed amounts as a result of failing to pay instalments that he had collected in cash from the company's clients. Following the company's review of the employee's objections, the auditor determined that the outstanding debt owed by the employee for documents he had issued and collected in cash instalments from clients, but not deposited with the company, amounted to Dhs119,965. In its ruling on the employee's request to return the amounts he had embezzled from the company's clients, the court explained its decision. The court established that there was a business relationship between the employee and the company, and that the outstanding debt owed by the employee for documents he had issued and collected cash instalments for from clients, but had not deposited with the company, amounted to Dhs119,965. Therefore, the court ruled that this sum should be returned to the company.
Gulf Today
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- Gulf Today
Showroom sells a used car for Dhs68,000, stalls payment to vehicle's owner
Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court obligated a showroom for selling new and used cars to return Dhs68,000 to a customer and fined it Dhs15,000 for failing to transfer the price of a car to a customer. Earlier, the customer asked the showroom to help him sell his car and consequently he was asked to transfer the ownership of the car to the showroom's name to make it easier to sell it. Later, an agreement on the sale price was reached, but the showroom did not commit to transferring the amount to the car owner and began to stall. The car owner filed a lawsuit against the showroom in which he requested the court to obligate it to pay him Dhs68,000 plus a legal interest at 9 per cent per annum from the date of the claim until full payment. He also requested the court to obligate the showroom to pay him Dhs30,000 in compensation for the material and moral harms he had befallen plus the incurred fees, expenses, and lawyer's fees. The car owner pleaded that he owned a car, and the defendant was a licensed showroom for selling new and used cars. As he wanted to sell his car, he agreed with the showroom for his car to be displayed at the showroom and then sold at the highest satisfactory price. The car continued to be displayed until the showroom informed the car owner that it had agreed with a buyer to sell the car for Dhs68,000, which the car owner agreed to. However, the showroom informed the car owner again that the buyer wanted to buy the car through a UAE bank and consequently the car owner was requested to transfer the ownership of the car to the showroom to be able to sell the car and complete the procedures faster. The showroom asked the car owner to use his digital ID and carry out the procedures for waiving the car and promised him to transfer the amount as soon as the procedures were completed. The car owner stated that the showroom, however, continued to stall on this matter and refused to transfer the amount to him although the car had already been sold and the sale price had already been received. This prompted the car owner to file a lawsuit, requesting the court to issue a verdict in his favour. He supported his lawsuit with a copy of the WhatsApp conversations and a copy of the car ownership document. The court explained that it was evident from the documents that the car owner had handed his car over to the showroom and declared that the showroom had sold it and collected its price Dhs68,000. The showroom did not dispute the origin of the debt and acknowledged the car owner's right to claim it. The court thereby ordered the showroom to pay the amount claimed and estimated the compensation due at Dhs15,000 for all the material and moral harms that the car owner had befallen.
