Fraudsters posing as police officers lose appeal bid

TDT | Manama

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Two men who posed as police officers and forced a driver to hand over the PIN to a money app have had their three-year prison terms upheld on appeal, after BD96 was transferred from his account.

The High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the sentence after hearing that the pair stopped the victim on the road, took his phone and then drove him to an open sandy plot where he was assaulted.

According to the case file, the second defendant signalled for the driver to pull over, got into the vehicle and claimed he was a policeman.

He searched the car and seized the victim’s mobile phone, then ordered him to drive to a nearby area where the first defendant was waiting.

Prosecutors said the first defendant demanded the PIN for one of the victim’s financial applications.