Bahraini jailed for forging employee’s signature

The First High Criminal Court has ordered to jail a Bahraini employer for receiving a connection from the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) under his Pakistani employee’s name and faking his signature without the latter’s consent. The court sentenced the man to five years of imprisonment for the crime.

Tribune reported earlier that the employee lodged a complaint to the police as he found out that he’s obliged to pay BD900 in late EWA bills. The victim discovered this when he approached the authority to connect his home to the power grid, according to prosecutors. He was informed that he owed the amount since the year 2015.

Court documents showed that the incident occurred in the Northern Governorate, where the employer, with the assistance of another unknown individual, forged the victim’s signature to obtain the EWA service for a commercial shop he had opened back then. The employer also used the identity card of the victim to complete the crime. The Public Prosecution accused the employer of forging the victim’s signature and willingly using it in official documents.

The victim told the interrogators that he had worked with the defendant from 2011 to 2013, adding that he had left the job because he wasn’t receiving his pay regularly. He said he discovered the matter when he rented an apartment and approached the authority to subscribe for the service.