UAE: Employee jailed for 25 years, fined Dh50 million for money laundering, embezzlement

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has convicted a defendant involved in laundering large amounts derived from embezzlement, along with intentional damage to public funds and forgery and the use of forged official documents.

The man was convicted for taking advantage of his position in a public agency to create false scholarship files, with the aim of embezzling funds from his employing authority, worth approximately Dh40 million.