A criminal appeal court has upheld a one-year prison term for a husband and wife convicted over forged commercial registry papers linked to a women's salon, ordering the documents seized and sending the wider business dispute to the civi
TDT | Manama
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A criminal appeal court has upheld a one-year prison term for a husband and wife convicted over forged commercial registry papers linked to a women’s salon, ordering the documents seized and sending the wider business dispute to the civil courts.
The First High Criminal Court of Appeal backed the lower court’s ruling against an Arab woman and her Asian husband.
Prosecutors said the woman used her partner’s electronic signature without her knowledge to name herself manager of the salon’s commercial registration, then added her husband as an authorised person on the same record.
Partnership
The complainant and the first defendant had formed a partnership registered on the Sijilat system, according to case papers.
The complainant later logged in and found her access locked, leaving her unable to carry out any action on the registration.
When she approached the relevant ministry, she discovered an authorisation uploaded to the system bearing her signature, granting the second defendant powers over the commercial registration.
