Lawyer directed to return clients’ money

The High Administrative Court has ordered a lawyer, who pocketed the money of two of his clients, to pay them a total of BD82,000. The defendant is said to have represented the duo in a money laundering case.

They were eventually acquitted in the case and the Anti-corruption and Security and Electronic Security directorate released the frozen money that was in their possession after the duo was put on trial. But the lawyer pocketed the money that was amounted at a total of BD82,000.

The duo told the court that they had given him a power of attorney to receive the money on their behalf. But he took the cash for himself. The lawyer said that the amount was cost of his service, an allegation that was eventually ruled out by judges at the High Administrative Court.

“The defendant couldn’t provide any proof that the plaintiffs had agreed to pay him BD82,000 for his service. All the evidences provided with the case confirmed the claims of the plaintiffs. Thus the court ruled for the defendant to pay the plaintiffs (a total amount of BD82,000),” the court ruling read.