The Chief of the Electronic Crime Prosecution stated that the Public Prosecution issued an accused imprisonment – Arab nationality – a reserve pending the investigation, after he used stolen bank cards issued by foreign banking institutions, in order to purchase a vehicle from a car showroom inside the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The incident is due to receiving a report from one of the electronic payment companies that benefit suspicious transactions through its website, with a financial amount of 14,100 Bahraini dinars (fourteen thousand and one hundred Bahraini dinars), and the Department of Economic Crime Control of the General Administration of Anti -Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security began conducting the necessary investigations, which resulted in identifying the accused and showing his involvement in committing this crime.
Immediately after the report was received, the Public Prosecution began its investigations, as it listened to the statements of the accused who acknowledged his cooperation with one of the persons residing outside the Kingdom of Bahrain, to take advantage of the electronic payment link for the car exhibition, with the aim of paying part of the vehicle’s price. He was also found in possession of (8) bank cards belonging to banks inside the Kingdom.
The Public Prosecution has completed its investigations to hear the testimonies of witnesses, who stated that after the accused completed the electronic payment process, complaints were received from the owners of the cards who denied their knowledge or their approval of these transactions, which led to the suspension of the delivery of the vehicle and the informing of the competent security authorities. Accordingly, the prosecution issued an order to imprison the accused, and ordered the examination of the seized electronic devices, and to address the relevant banks to complete the legal procedures.
The head of the Electronic Crime Prosecution affirms that the Public Prosecution is keen to protect society from the dangers of electronic fraud in its various forms, through the sustainability of its efforts to combat the exploitation of illegal electronic payment links and secure the financial digital environment. The Public Prosecution also urges all citizens and residents to adhere to the maximum caution and attention when using electronic payment means, stressing that it will continue to take all deterrent legal measures with uninterrupted firmness, to preserve financial rights and preserve digital economic security in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
