Dubai Court Clears Lab Manager of Dhs2.4 Million Embezzlement Charges

The Dubai Misdemeanour Court has acquitted a laboratory operations manager accused of embezzling Dhs2,433,000 from a technical laboratory owned by his employer.

 

An Asian woman, the wife of the laboratory’s owner, lodged a complaint claiming the manager had diverted company funds into his personal and family members’ accounts. She further alleged that he used the money for personal luxuries, including purchasing business-class flight tickets.

 

According to her, the accused exploited his position after being promoted to operations manager in 2023, particularly after her husband, the company’s owner, fell ill. She commissioned an accounting expert, whose report claimed that the manager engaged in several financial violations.

 

The report alleged that the manager collected payments from clients without depositing them into the company’s account, used staff to transfer money into his own account, settled personal debts with company funds, altered financial statements and receipts, booked business-class flights at company expense, destroyed official records, and hired employees under invalid contracts.

 

During investigations, however, the accused denied all charges, maintaining that the case was retaliatory following his resignation. He argued that he had previously secured a court ruling entitling him to Dhs603,000 in end-of-service benefits, which the laboratory owner refused to pay. Instead, he said, the embezzlement accusation was fabricated.

 

He also produced an email from a staff member stating that the complainant had coerced him into signing a statement falsely alleging that the manager had withheld his salary.

 

In its judgment, the court ruled that the charges lacked sufficient evidence, noting that the complaint was primarily based on unsubstantiated claims and did not present reliable accounting documentation. The court concluded that the accusations were doubtful in nature and arose from an underlying employment dispute, leading to the manager’s acquittal.

 

 

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